Medical Expert
Mercor • Remote
Education
Any
Type
hourly
Pay Rate (by country)
$130–$180/hr
Listed
36d ago
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About this Role
From the Mercor listing
About the Role
Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality healthcare reasoning data. We're expanding our Medical Expert network. As a Medical Expert, you'll design realistic clinical scenarios, evaluate model outputs against evidence-based standards, and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about patient care.
If your specialty has its own dedicated listing on Mercor (Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Hematology/Oncology, Radiology, Cardiology), please apply through that listing instead — you'll see the rate band that actually applies to you. Use this listing if your specialty is not yet listed (e.g., Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Surgery, ENT, PMR/Pain, Occupational Medicine, etc.).
What You'll Do
Design clinically realistic prompts and scenarios drawn from your specialty (diagnostic reasoning, treatment planning, risk stratification, guideline concordance)
Write "golden" reference responses at attending-level quality
Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics
Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior
Participate in onboarding office hours and specialty calibration sessions
Who You Are
Attending Physicians: Must be board certified with current, active, unrestricted medical license
Resident physicians: Must be in final year of residency (recent graduates must be board-eligible)
Fellows: Must be board-certified/board-eligible in primary specialty and have current active, unrestricted, medical license.
Rates
Rates are set per specialty and seniority tier, benchmarked to Mercor. Your specific rate will be confirmed in your offer.
Engagement
Remote, 100% asynchronous
20 hrs/wk default (can be raised after onboarding based on demand)
Paid weekly via Mercor
Start: rolling, after onboarding sign-off
Duration: ongoing, reviewed monthly
Before Your First Task
You'll receive an onboarding doc and a calendar invite for Onboarding Office Hours after you accept.
Requirements
- Must be eligible to work in Remote
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Healthcare
- Valid professional license (MD, DO, RN, etc.)
- Current knowledge of medical standards and practices
Why This Role
Shape the "brain" of future AI. By working as a Medical Expert, you ensure that future models understand the nuance of your field. At $155/hr, it's a lucrative way to preserve the integrity of your profession in the digital age.
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Frequently Asked 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.
Does it cost money to apply to Mercor?
No, applying and joining Mercor is free. Mercor's revenue comes from a fee it charges the client on top of your hourly rate, not from applicants. Treat any request for payment to join as a red flag.
Is AI training work the same as traditional consulting?
No. Instead of client deliverables, you're given complex scenarios to evaluate: grading the AI's logic, correcting its hallucinations, and supplying expert-level reasoning it doesn't have on its own. The job is closer to teaching than consulting.
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 happens when I click Apply on this listing?
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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.