Jobs · OTHR · California

Clinical Medicine Domain Expert

Weekday AI (YC W21) · California City, CA · 1 mo ago
HybridOTHR$70–$110/hrFull-time

Compensation

  • $70 - $110 per hour

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Clinical Medicine Domain Expert to contribute to a cutting-edge GenAI initiative focused on improving how advanced AI models understand, reason about, and respond to real-world clinical scenarios. Your clinical expertise will be central to this role. You will evaluate medical knowledge tasks and AI-generated outputs, develop detailed instructions and reference solutions, and create rigorous benchmarks that establish what high-quality clinical reasoning looks like.

We are looking for an experienced practicing clinician with deep expertise in a defined medical specialty. This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week for an initial six-month engagement. The role involves working closely with research and program teams and using standard enterprise tools and workflows.

Location: Hybrid role based in the Bay Area, California. Candidates must be based in the Bay Area and able to work on-site with the team multiple days per week when required. This is not a fully remote position. Candidates currently outside the Bay Area must be willing to relocate at their own expense before the engagement begins. Relocation assistance is not provided.

Key Responsibilities

  • Clinical Data Quality & Evaluation
    • Review and assess clinical knowledge tasks and AI-generated medical outputs for accuracy, safety, completeness, and clinical relevance
    • Identify missing reasoning steps, unsupported conclusions, unsafe recommendations, deviations from established guidelines, and clinically inappropriate responses
    • Evaluate whether AI-generated answers meet the standards expected in real-world clinical practice
  • Instruction & Reference Dataset Development
    • Develop clear, detailed instruction specifications that define expected clinical reasoning and outcomes
    • Create high-quality reference solutions for complex clinical problems and scenarios
    • Develop new clinical tasks that accurately represent how healthcare professionals evaluate and solve real-world medical problems
  • Benchmark & Evaluation Development
    • Design challenging clinical scenarios and evaluation datasets that test medical reasoning, decision-making, and domain knowledge
    • Contribute to the development of medicine-specific benchmarks, tools, and evaluation methodologies
    • Help establish measurable standards for assessing the quality and reliability of AI-generated clinical responses
  • Expert Calibration & Collaboration
    • Collaborate with researchers and specialists from adjacent medical and technical disciplines to maintain consistent evaluation standards
    • Translate practical clinical judgment and experience into explicit, structured, and teachable evaluation criteria
    • Provide precise written feedback that helps improve the quality and reliability of AI systems

Qualifications

  • Education: MD or DO from an accredited medical school, along with completion of residency training in a recognized medical specialty
  • Clinical Experience: Minimum 4 years of post-residency clinical practice. Residency and fellowship training alone do not count toward this requirement
  • Licensure: Active and unrestricted medical license in at least one U.S. state
  • Board Certification: Board certification in the candidate's primary medical specialty
  • Clinical Specialization: Deep expertise in a defined clinical specialty, such as: Internal Medicine, Oncology, Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, Medical subspecialties. Experience in utilization management, clinical informatics, medical affairs, or related areas is a plus
  • Professional Seniority: Demonstrated progression into a senior clinical role such as Attending Physician, Medical Director, Division Chief, Associate Professor, Full Professor, or Chief Medical Officer. Proven ownership of meaningful clinical decisions, patient-care processes, clinical programs, or medical initiatives
  • AI Fluency: Practical experience using large language models or AI tools in a professional setting, with the ability to distinguish clinically sound reasoning from plausible but incorrect or unsafe outputs
  • Availability: Ability to commit reliably to 40 hours per week for an initial six-month engagement
  • Location: Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Bay Area, California, and work on-site multiple days per week when required. Relocation expenses are not covered
  • Excellent written communication skills with the ability to provide precise, structured, and actionable clinical feedback

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience contributing to clinical research, medical education, healthcare technology, or evidence-based clinical initiatives
  • Familiarity with clinical guidelines, medical literature, evidence-based medicine, and healthcare decision-making frameworks
  • Experience evaluating medical content, clinical documentation, or healthcare-related AI systems
  • Background working across multidisciplinary clinical and technical teams
  • Strong interest in the application of AI to healthcare and clinical decision support

What You'll Contribute

You will help translate real-world clinical expertise into structured evaluation frameworks, high-quality clinical tasks, reference solutions, and benchmarks for next-generation AI systems. Your judgment will help ensure that AI models produce responses that are not only convincing and well-written, but also clinically accurate, evidence-based, safe, and aligned with professional standards of care.

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