Human Frontier Collective Fellow - Medical

PLEASE NOTE: This is a fully remote, contract opportunity with an estimated duration of 6 months. We welcome international applicants, including those based in the UK, Canada, and other eligible locations. About the Program

The Human Frontier Collective (HFC) brings together domain experts across research, clinical practice, and advanced professional work to contribute to high-impact projects in technology and reasoning systems. As a Medical Fellow, you will apply your clinical training to help develop and evaluate tools that interact with complex medical content. Your work will directly inform how emerging systems reason through diagnosis, triage, and patient care scenarios.

• Design Complex Clinical Scenarios Create detailed case studies and clinical reasoning tasks across specialties to test how systems interpret symptoms, assess risks, and prioritize care.
• Evaluate Decision-Making Approaches Review and critique structured outputs for clinical safety, accuracy, and sound judgment. Identify errors in logic or inappropriate treatment suggestions.
• Shape Reasoning Frameworks Provide structured, example-driven feedback to improve how models understand differentials, guidelines, and clinical narratives.
• Work Across Specialized Projects Contribute to targeted workstreams in internal medicine, emergency care, radiology, psychiatry, and other domains aligned with your background.

• Graduates of a licensed medical school (MD or DO), who are board certified and in residency / post residency / practicing / or with extensive practice
• Recent or current clinical experience in inpatient, outpatient, or academic settings
• Strong writing and clinical reasoning skills, with comfort assessing edge cases and nuanced scenarios
• Backgrounds welcome from internal medicine, emergency medicine, radiology, surgery, psychiatry, and related fields
• Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and registered nurses with deep clinical experience may also be considered
• Fluency in written English is required

• Contribute to High-Impact WorkApply your medical expertise to problems that require real judgment, not rote recall. Your input will directly influence how complex reasoning tasks are handled.
• Competitive Compensation + Flexible Remote WorkHighly competitive compensation ($80-100/hour). Set your own schedule and contribute from anywhere. Most participants engage between 5-20 hours per week.
• Pathways for GrowthHigh-impact contributors may be invited to join additional review projects, advisory roles, or research collaborations.

Submit your CV and a brief summary of your clinical background. Selected candidates will be invited to complete a short trial task and interview.

PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

About Us

At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how organizations build and deploy AI.  Our products power the world's most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, government agencies like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and enterprises including GM and Accenture. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

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