Pediatrician (MD)

About the role

Mercor is hiring pediatricians (MD) on behalf of a healthcare AI partner building advanced clinical documentation tools. In this role you will apply your pediatric clinical expertise to review, annotate, and evaluate clinical documentation, directly shaping the accuracy, safety, and clinical usefulness of medical AI systems.

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.

Scope of Work

• Review pediatric clinical documentation and patient charts for accuracy, completeness, and clinical soundness
• Evaluate AI-generated clinical summaries against what a practicing pediatrician would expect to see
• Annotate clinical encounter data against detailed guidelines
• Flag omissions, hallucinations, clinical inaccuracies, and documentation gaps in AI-generated output
• Provide structured, written feedback that engineering and product teams can act on
• Contribute expert input on annotation guidelines and edge-case definitions
• Raise clarifying questions where guidance is ambiguous and help refine the guidelines

What you’ll bring

• MD with a background as a pediatrician
• US-based
• Available for a minimum of 10 hours/week through mid-November

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior AI/ML annotation or model evaluation experience (with positive performance reviews)

Benefits

Not provided in the source listing.

Schedule and availability

Remote, part-time; minimum 10 hours/week through mid-November, as stated in the source captured 15 October 2026. Confirm the exact end date with Mercor.

Contract & Payment Terms

• Remote, part-time
• Flexible scheduling, designed around an active clinical practice
• We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

Where you can work

This role is open to people based in: United States.

Remote does not always mean work from any country. Always check the employer’s location and working-hour requirements.