Medical Expert
Mercor • Remote
Education
Not stated
Type
Hourly
Pay Rate
$60–$180/hr
Listed
101d ago
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From the Mercor listing
The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to Mercor for medical judgment they can't generate on their own. Your standards and expertise become the rubric that frontier AI is graded against.
This is a standing listing for clinicians and health professionals who want AI training and evaluation work, not a specific job opening. It stays open whether or not a matching project is running this week.
New projects start on short notice, so instead of posting and pulling a listing each time, we keep one open per field and draw from it when one begins.
What the work looks like
We match health professionals in the network to projects like:
Writing a case from your own practice, with the presentation, the workup, and the constraints, plus the reference answer a model's attempt gets graded against
Grading model output on clinical reasoning: whether the differential is ordered sensibly, whether the guideline actually applies to this patient, whether the plan is safe to carry out
Flagging where a recommendation is defensible in a textbook and wrong in front of the patient, given comorbidities, access, or what the care setting can deliver
Rates vary widely by profession within this field. Listings across it have posted from $60 to $180 an hour, set per project by scope and depth.
What we're looking for
A clinical credential and professional experience in a health profession
Clear written communication, since most of the work involves explaining your reasoning
Comfort with ambiguous tasks, and willingness to flag unclear instructions
What this covers
This pool spans the medical field, including:
Internal medicine, surgical specialties, and diagnostic medicine
Mental health, including psychiatry and clinical psychology
Nursing; dentistry; pharmacy
Medical technology and laboratory science
Public health and epidemiology
Healthcare administration; medical writing
This pool is broader than physicians. If you carry clinical judgment in any health profession, it belongs here.
How it works
Apply here with your resume and confirm where you work from, then take a short AI interview, about 20 minutes total.
We verify your credentials and background and add you to the medicine pool.
When a project needs your profession or specialty, we invite matching people from the pool to that specific listing. It names the rate, the hours, and the client, and any hiring decision is made there.
What to expect
This listing does not accept or reject candidates, so you will not get a decision on it. We reach out when a project matches your background. Depending on what our clients are running, that can be within a week or several months.
Finishing the domain expert interview and joining every network you qualify for both improve your odds of being matched. You only need to sign up once to be eligible across all of them.
How long hiring takes
Across the AI training platforms we refer candidates to, the median gap between referral and hire is about 30 days. It varies by platform and role, so treat it as a rough guide for this one.
Talent Pool members
Apply through this link and we can put you forward to Mercor when your profile is a strong match. Not every applicant is submitted. If you're not in the pool yet, set up your profile first.
Set up your profile →Why this role
At $60–$180/hr, this Medical Expert position compensates Healthcare expertise on its own terms, the kind of rate that would otherwise only show up inside a law firm, hospital, or research lab.
Talent pool
We're light on Healthcare candidates
We've matched 33 people with a Healthcare background against 373 Healthcare listings we've tracked, so most go out without one. Set up a profile and we'll consider you for a role like this one.
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Common questions
Is Mercor for freelancers or full-time contractors?
Mercor places you with one client for a defined engagement, like 'Python Tutor for 3 months', rather than having you grab small tasks from a shared queue. Most roles function as steady contract work, not one-off gigs.
Does Mercor's application require an on-camera interview?
Yes, every applicant records a video interview with an AI interviewer that asks questions about your resume. Clients review that recording to judge communication skills before matching, so there's no way to apply without going on camera.
Why do these AI training roles pay so much?
Because general knowledge isn't what's being tested. The model already knows the basics; what it needs is expertise on edge cases, the rare, difficult, highly technical judgment calls only a senior professional in the field would make correctly.
What does the day-to-day workload look like for elite-expert AI training roles?
Slow and deep, not fast and repetitive. A single task can take 45-60 minutes of researching citations or verifying complex calculations. Quality is what's being measured here, not throughput.
What does Healthcare work look like for a Medical Expert?
Tasks here are scoped to Healthcare, not generic labeling. As a Medical Expert, expect to draw on real domain judgment (evaluating outputs, correcting errors, or providing expert reasoning specific to Healthcare) rather than following a one-size-fits-all rubric. If you don't have hands-on Healthcare background, this is likely not the right listing to start with.
What specific skills does this listing call for?
Expert is named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with this, expect the screening process to test for it directly rather than accepting adjacent experience as a substitute.
How much does this specific role pay?
This listing is posted at $60–$180/hr, an hourly rate. The range reflects experience level and negotiated terms, not a placeholder, so where you land in it depends on your background and the assessment. Pay can change between when we last checked the listing and when you apply, so confirm the current number on the platform's own application page before committing time.
What happens when I click Apply on this listing?
You'll be taken to Mercor's external site to complete your application there. This listing links through a referral, but the process is identical to applying directly; the link just routes you correctly. Create an account on their site and follow their onboarding steps.
How soon will I start working after applying to Mercor?
Not immediately. Mercor is a talent marketplace, not a task queue, so applying puts you in a pool of candidates. You start working only once a specific client, like a major AI lab, selects your profile, and that matching process can take weeks.