Health Science Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $119/Hr

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 184,000 - 233,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is recruiting an Applied Health & Medicine Benchmark Specialist on a contract basis. Remote, ~10+ hours per week, paying $94–$119/hour. The role focuses on crafting health and medicine questions, ensuring clarity, and rating difficulty, with markdown CoT solutions and references.

Ideal candidates hold MD/DO/PhD or be doctoral candidates, plus strong clinical reasoning and exceptional English writing skills.

Qualifications

• MD/DO/PhD or doctoral candidate required.
• Excellent written English.

Responsibilities

• Create health and medicine questions testing deep 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.
• 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.

Skills

Graduate-level medical knowledge

Strong clinical reasoning

Excellent written English

Education

MD/DO/PhD or doctoral candidate

Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth

Job description

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.

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: [e-mail]