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Seattle AI-safety company founded by psychologists and backed by about $28 million in venture funding. Hires licensed clinicians, therapists, psychiatrists, pharmacists and cybersecurity experts on contract to evaluate and red-team medical and safety AI, about 10 hours a week. Pay is $30 to $200 per hour by licensure; most roles are for US-based experts.
Who can join mpathic
Hires in: 5 countries. Most English roles are US-only; some language-specific mental-health roles are posted in other countries, such as Germany. Source
How you get paid: mpathic does not publish its payout methods. Source
Hourly pay by platform: lowest, median and highest
Based on open jobs with hourly pay listed on aitrainer.jobs. The bar runs from the lowest to the highest rate; the dot is the median.
- Scale AI Human Frontier Collective$300–$300
- Respondent.io$80–$150
- 10x Team$25–$375
- Stellar AI$25–$200
- Workada$17–$130
- Rex.Zone$15–$150
- Mercor$30–$350
- RealTrainAI$48–$140
- Afterquery$20–$200
- Sovrano AI$35–$125
- Ethos$35–$350
- Aura One$6–$500
- Micro1$15–$150
- Mindrift$35–$100
- Invisible$5–$150
- Alignerr$10–$400
- TransPerfect$29–$58
- Anyone AI$7–$150
- Pasiflora AI$11–$40
- Appen$10–$100
- xAI$35–$35
- BrainTrust$5–$150
- Lionbridge AI$20–$35
- SuperAnnotate$5–$33
- HumanSignal$13–$80
- LXT$20–$25
- Lifted (Upwork)$10–$110
- Welocalize$5–$105
- CloudFactory$17.5–$25
- Volga Partners$5–$60
- RWS$5–$36
- Turing$15–$150
- Claru$5–$100
How to get accepted at mpathic
Application steps, the assessment and tips from people who got in.
Application steps
- Find a role at mpathic2.bamboohr.com/careers (apply only via this official portal, no third-party or agent applications)
- Submit resume and short cover letter describing clinical experience and familiarity with AI
- Interview if shortlisted (portal shows Interview Scheduled stage; details not public)
- Sign NDA and confidentiality agreements
- Onboard to Slack and Google Workspace and join calibration sessions
The assessment
Not publicly described. Portal shows an interview stage; listings mention calibration sessions and quality reviews after onboarding.
Requirements
Graduate training (completed or in progress) in medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, psychiatry, pharmacy or related; clinical experience (5+ yrs and active license preferred); familiarity with LLMs; comfort with Slack/Google Docs; NDA; some roles need a second language.
Tips to get accepted
- Apply only through the official BambooHR portal; applications via third parties or AI agents are not considered
- In the cover letter show concrete hands-on use of LLMs or AI tools, which every listing requires
- Highlight licensure and degree level since pay tiers are set by licensure and education
- Mention multilingual skills; several roles require English plus another language
- For red-team roles, list roleplay, theatre, improv, trust and safety or annotation experience (listed as preferred)
- Expect up to about 10 hours a week plus scheduled meetings, not full-time income
Why people get rejected or stuck
- Not located in the USA for US-only roles
- No graduate clinical training or licensure for clinical roles
- No demonstrated familiarity with LLMs or AI tools
- Applying through third-party job sites or automated agents instead of the official portal
Sources: remotive.com · remotive.com · startup.jobs · jobs.nextfrontiercapital.com · ziprecruiter.de
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