First seen by our source: 29 days ago
Medical Assessment Content Specialist
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract Applied Health & Medicine Benchmark Specialist at $94 to $119 per hour for 10+ hours a week. The role authors and verifies graduate-level health and medicine questions with answers, solutions and references for AI research labs.
Pay:
$94–$119 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Author original health and medicine questions testing deep conceptual understanding
- Write one correct answer and nine plausible incorrect alternatives
- Rate question difficulty as Medium, Hard or Expert
- Write step-by-step solutions with 1 to 5 academic references
- Verify questions and flag issues with clarity, completeness or solvability
Requirements summary:
- MD, DO, PhD or doctoral candidate in a medicine or health-related field
- Master's considered for exceptional subdomain depth
- Strong graduate-level medical and research methodology knowledge
- Excellent written English
- Board certification, clinical experience or publications a strong plus
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- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Research & science |
| Hours per week | 10 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Doctorate (required), Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Public Health |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
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About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Applied Health & Medicine Benchmark Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $94–$119/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10+ hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Author original health and medicine questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
- Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined with all necessary information included.
- Rate each question's difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert to challenge expert-level solvers.
- Provide one correct answer and nine plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives.
- Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.
- Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.
- For verification tasks, flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- MD, DO, PhD, or doctoral candidate in Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Public Health, or a closely related field.
- Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
- Strong command of graduate-level medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, and biomedical research methodology.
- Board certification, clinical experience, or research publications in health fields is a strong plus.
- Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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