Pharmacy Technician

What you'll do

A leading AI research lab is building AI-powered prior authorization workflows, and it wants pharmacy technicians to check the medication side. That makes this one of the few AI evaluation listings where the day-to-day knowledge of a PA desk or specialty pharmacy is the main qualification.

The work:

• Answering medication questions using patient context, source materials and labelling guidelines
• Reviewing AI-generated responses for clinical accuracy, safety, clarity, completeness and evidence support
• Correcting weak responses, with structured annotations and written feedback
• Escalating cases with insufficient evidence, conflicting guidance, unclear clinical context or safety concerns
• Applying project rubrics consistently and joining calibration and feedback sessions

Representative topics named in the ad: medication history, PA requirements, indications, dosing, contraindications, drug interactions, supporting documentation and pharmacy workflows.

The ad lists "clear identification and escalation of safety-critical or ambiguous cases" as a success measure, so knowing when not to answer is part of the job, which suits technicians used to routing questions to a pharmacist.

Who fits

• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) or equivalent technician experience
• Hands-on with medications, prescriptions, pharmacy operations and prior authorization workflows
• Solid grasp of medication safety, interactions and best practice
• Strong written communication and attention to detail
• Comfortable with structured annotation guidelines
• 30–40 hours a week during the project

Preferred: prior authorization or specialty pharmacy, medication access programs, Epic, Cerner or other EHRs, clinical QA, AI evaluation or healthcare annotation, and 340B or medication assistance programs.

What it pays

$35 per hour, flat. At 30–40 hours that is $1,050–1,400 a week, close to a full-time technician wage and competitive with many retail pharmacy roles, remote. Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise, as an independent contractor.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Near full-time hours, fully remote, for pharmacy technician experience
• CPhT or equivalent experience accepted
• PA and specialty pharmacy experience are directly valued
• Clear success criteria published up front

Less good:

• 30–40 hours a week rules out doing this beside a full-time job
• Project-based, with no stated duration; contractor status means no benefits
• Measured on throughput and agreement with quality standards
• US only; H-1B and STEM OPT candidates cannot be supported
• Small cohort so far: Mercor showed 2 hires this month when we checked

About this listing

Posted by Mercor for an unnamed AI research lab, as an hourly remote contract restricted to the United States, confirmed open on 24 September 2026. The $35 rate, 30–40 hour commitment and qualifications are the ad's own. See Mercor.