Physician (MD/DO) - Put Medical AI to the Test, Remote

This is one of the most genuinely location-independent gigs available to US-licensed physicians. Because it's fully async — no meetings, no schedules, no hour logging — you can complete tasks from virtually any timezone, making it ideal for doctors traveling or living abroad as digital nomads.

Key logistics for traveling physicians:

• There are no timezone requirements . Tasks are submitted via platform at any hour, so working from Tokyo (JST), Seoul (KST), Auckland (NZST), or Singapore (SGT) is completely feasible.
• The critical constraint is your active, unrestricted US medical license — not your physical location. As long as your license remains valid and you can pass monthly re-checks, you can work from anywhere.
• As an independent contractor, you are responsible for your own tax and visa compliance. Many nomad-friendly countries (e.g., Japan's Digital Nomad Visa, South Korea's Workation programs, Singapore tourist visa for short stays) allow freelance remote work for foreign clients.

Cost of living context: Per-task rates are not publicly disclosed, but earnings are supplemental/side income. In Bangkok (~$1,200/mo living costs) or Medellín (~$1,500/mo), even modest task completion could meaningfully offset expenses. This works best as income layered on top of existing physician earnings rather than a primary income source.

No equipment stipend or coworking allowance is mentioned, but the work requires only a computer and internet connection.

About the Company

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. This is a task-based, independent contractor opportunity, not an employment relationship. Participation is limited to this project.

Project Highlights

• Earnings per approved task: a fixed rate for each task, set in advance
• Fully self-scheduled: no minimum hours and no set schedule; you choose which tasks to take and when
• Remote: open to US-licensed physicians based in eligible US states
• No patient contact, no malpractice exposure: you review written clinical cases
• All contributors are license-verified physicians
• $50 one-time onboarding reward, paid once your first task on the project is approved

What This Project Involves

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We're looking for physicians (MD/DO) with an active, unrestricted US medical license to evaluate clinical EHR vignettes for a medical AI evaluation project. General and internal medicine are the main focus. Each task is a written clinical case, assessed against the project's acceptance criteria. Contributors may:

• Evaluate clinical EHR vignettes paired with a question, a proposed answer, and a distractor "trap" answer across diagnosis and treatment tasks, spanning cardiovascular, nervous, hematologic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, musculoskeletal, and integumentary systems;
• Score the clinical reasoning quality of benchmark items: vignette accuracy and completeness, whether the vignette gives the answer away, answer correctness and gradeability, and trap quality;
• Check whether the reasoning chain reaches the answer from vignette facts alone, correct reasoning traces, and write short rationales.

Each case receives three independent blind reads, followed by physician adjudication. Real clinical complexity only. You're improving the AI tools you'll eventually use yourself.

What We Look For

This project is a good fit for US-licensed physicians looking for a flexible, time-limited project they can fit around their other commitments. Ideally, contributors will have:

• Medical degree (MD or DO) and an active, unrestricted US medical license (verified at onboarding and re-checked monthly);
• Board certification or completed residency training, with direct patient care experience (attending-level preferred). Practising or retired physicians welcome;
• Broad, multi-system diagnostic and treatment experience (internal, family, emergency, or hospital medicine);
• Strong clinical reasoning: differential diagnosis, next-step management, and application of evidence-based guidelines;
• Prior experience in medical AI evaluation, clinical content or exam-question review, or medical annotation/QA (a plus);

This project is not suitable for medical students, unlicensed medical graduates, non-physician clinicians (NPs, PAs, nurses, pharmacists), or non-clinical healthcare titles.

How It Works

Flexibility

You decide whether, when, and how much to contribute. There are no minimum hours, set schedules, or required availability. Task availability varies with project phases. Tasks are submitted through the platform and are approved when they meet the project's acceptance criteria.

Earnings

Earnings are paid only for completed and approved tasks. Each task type has a fixed rate. There is no time tracking and no hour logging. There are no tiers or speed adjustments to the rate. QA and adjudication tasks have a higher per-task rate.

• $50 one-time onboarding reward, paid once your first task on the project is approved.
• Quality incentives: additional earnings for high-quality approved tasks, on terms set out in the project guidelines.

Do I need to be physically located in the US to participate? The job posting specifies it is open to US-licensed physicians based in "eligible US states," but because the work is fully remote and async, the core requirement is an active, unrestricted US medical license rather than a specific physical location. You should confirm eligibility with Mindrift directly if you are based outside the US. How much can I earn per task? Task rates are fixed and set in advance for each task type, but specific dollar amounts (beyond the $50 onboarding reward) are not publicly disclosed in the posting. QA and adjudication tasks carry a higher per-task rate, and additional quality incentives are available for high-quality approved work. Is this a permanent job or a temporary project? This is a task-based independent contractor project, not an employment relationship. The posting states participation is limited to this project, and task availability varies with project phases, so it is time-limited and supplemental in nature. Can retired physicians or non-practicing MDs apply? Yes — the posting explicitly welcomes both practising and retired physicians, provided they hold an active, unrestricted US medical license that is verified at onboarding and re-checked monthly. What medical specialties are most relevant for this project? General and internal medicine are the primary focus, but cases span multiple systems including cardiovascular, nervous, hematologic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, musculoskeletal, and integumentary. Broad multi-system experience (family medicine, emergency medicine, hospital medicine) is explicitly valued.

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