Infectious Disease Physician AI Project

Mercor is hiring Infectious Disease Physicians on behalf of a healthcare AI partner developing advanced clinical decision-support systems focused on diagnostics, antimicrobial stewardship, and population-level infectious disease intelligence. In this role, you will apply deep clinical expertise to review, annotate, and validate infectious disease–related medical data, directly shaping safe and reliable medical AI. This is an in-person position based in San Francisco
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This role bridges real-world infectious disease practice with applied AI, ensuring that complex diagnostic reasoning, guideline adherence, and edge-case scenarios are accurately represented in model training.

Clinical Data Annotation

• Review and label clinical narratives, EHR notes, microbiology reports, and case data related to infectious diseases.
• Identify and validate pathogens, diagnostic workups, antimicrobial regimens, resistance patterns, and outcomes.

Quality Review & Validation

• Audit annotated datasets for clinical accuracy and guideline alignment (IDSA, CDC, WHO).
• Evaluate AI-generated recommendations for antimicrobial selection, duration, and escalation.

Knowledge Contribution

• Define annotation guidelines for complex infections (e.g., sepsis, endocarditis, opportunistic infections).
• Advise on taxonomy and edge cases such as immunocompromised hosts and emerging pathogens.

Model Evaluation & Feedback

• Review AI-generated clinical summaries and treatment suggestions.
• Provide structured feedback to improve diagnostic reasoning and safety.

Documentation & Training Support

• Contribute to specialty-specific annotation standards and onboarding materials.

• MD or DO with Infectious Disease specialization
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Infectious Disease
• Active U.S. medical license in good standing
• 5+ years of post-fellowship clinical experience
• Experience with inpatient consults and complex infections preferred
• Strong familiarity with EHRs, microbiology data, and clinical terminologies
• Interest in medical AI or informatics preferred

• In person (SF), part-time (up to 10 hours/week)
• Flexible schedule, designed for actively practicing clinicians.

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.