Internal Medicine Expert (Train AI Models Part Time!)

About the Role

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality healthcare reasoning data. We're hiring Internal Medicine experts to design clinical scenarios, evaluate model outputs against evidence-based standards, and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about patient care.

We welcome IM attendings, hospitalists, IM subspecialists (Cardiology, Heme/Onc, Endocrinology, Nephrology, GI, Pulm, etc. encouraged to apply via the matching specialty listing where available), final-year IM residents, and IM fellows.

What You'll Do

• Design clinically realistic prompts and scenarios drawn from your IM practice (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

$130–$300/hr payable, set per seniority tier (early-career to senior attending). Your specific rate is 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.