Developmental Psychology PhD AI Evaluator

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain AI is the hiring and contracting organization for this role. OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling, connecting experts with projects where human judgment helps shape how advanced AI systems work.

This is a remote contractor opportunity for candidates based in the United States. You will contribute independently through digital platforms while collaborating with a distributed, interdisciplinary team.

• Contractor role with remote work from the United States
• Expected project duration of 3 to 6 months
• Compensation of $100 to $150 USD per hour

About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Specialists review examples, evaluate model responses, write guidance, and provide feedback that helps AI systems become more accurate, useful, culturally appropriate, and reliable.

In this project, your developmental psychology expertise will help assess how AI systems interpret and respond to scenarios involving children’s learning, behavior, cognition, and psychosocial development.

• Help shape the behavior of cutting-edge AI systems
• Work remotely with flexible contributions suited to project needs
• Apply specialized professional knowledge to text-based AI evaluation and development

The Role

As a Developmental Psychology PhD contractor, you will evaluate, review, and annotate datasets relevant to child development and developmental psychology for AI system training. You will provide expert analysis of data and model outputs, with particular attention to accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and developmental relevance.

The work also includes contributing to scenarios and test cases involving children’s learning and behavior, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and documenting findings that support ongoing AI research and development.

• Role type: Contractor
• Work arrangement: Remote
• Location requirement: United States
• Experience level: Expert
• Data type: Text
• Project duration: Expected to run for 3 to 6 months

What You'll Do

You will help ensure that AI systems reflect sound developmental psychology principles across diverse backgrounds. Your feedback will inform model improvements, scenario design, testing, and guidelines for linguistically, cognitively, and psychosocially appropriate interactions.

• Evaluate, review, and annotate child development and developmental psychology datasets
• Assess the accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and developmental relevance of data and model outputs
• Contribute expert analysis to scenarios, test cases, and real-world situations involving children’s learning and behavior
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to support model improvements and psychological integrity
• Create or refine guidelines addressing linguistic, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of child development
• Document findings and recommendations clearly and in depth

Preferred Qualifications

The strongest candidates will bring advanced academic expertise in developmental psychology or a closely related field, along with the ability to work carefully and independently in a remote digital environment. Experience with technology-driven, digital, or AI-focused projects related to child development is highly desirable.

• PhD in Child Development, Developmental Psychology, or a closely related field preferred
• Expert knowledge of child development and developmental psychology
• Experience with technology-driven, digital, or AI-focused child development projects highly desirable
• Comfort working independently on remote digital platforms
• Ability to collaborate with a distributed interdisciplinary team
• Fluent English proficiency
• Comfort working in Bengali, Russian, and Japanese prioritized
• Additional prioritized languages include French, Vietnamese, Marathi, Turkish, Urdu, Cantonese, Polish, Gujarati, Malay, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Swahili, Tagalog, and Mandarin

Why This Work Matters

Every major AI system depends on examples prepared and reviewed by people. By bringing developmental psychology expertise into the training process, you can help make AI interactions more accurate, responsible, and relevant to the varied ways children learn and develop.

• Shape AI systems with specialized knowledge that models cannot provide on their own
• Support more culturally aware and developmentally appropriate AI interactions
• Build experience at the intersection of psychology, research, and artificial intelligence

Apply Through OpenTrain

Create a free OpenTrain account to build your profile and apply in minutes. Highlight your developmental psychology credentials, relevant child development research or technology experience, English fluency, and proficiency in the prioritized languages.

• Confirm that you are based in the United States
• Showcase your PhD or closely related doctoral background
• Describe relevant AI, digital, or technology-driven project experience
• Include Bengali, Russian, Japanese, or other applicable language proficiency