Copy Editor English

Hi, we’re AMBOSS and we’re searching for a Copy Editor to join our team of English language experts for 14-18 months and help shape the language that medical professionals around the world rely on.

About AMBOSS

AMBOSS is the copilot for medical professionals, empowering them to provide the best possible care through our learning and clinical decision support tool. Our team brings together care, innovative thinking, and cutting-edge AI medical technology. Our founders launched AMBOSS in 2012 with the goal of creating a tool they wished they had during medical school and clinical practice. Since then, we’ve grown to over 600 employees and are active in over 180 countries - primarily in Germany and the US. Our offices are located in Berlin, Cologne, New York, Cagliari and Cape Town.

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Why can this position be exciting for you?

Your work will shape the language that medical students, clinicians, and educators rely on, from exam prep to the point of care. You’ll edit articles and Qbanks for different markets and work side by side with our medical editors. Together, you’ll keep our content clear, correct, and consistent as it grows. You’ll also build and test AI tools and prompts that raise the language quality of everything we publish. If you love both the art of language and the language of medicine, we’d be delighted to meet you.

You will:

• Copyedit AMBOSS articles following our in-house style guide (based on the AMA Manual of Style), keeping content clear, correct, concise, and consistent

• Edit Qbanks tailored to specific markets around the world

• Work closely with our medical editors to discuss language issues, streamline content, and reach compromises when views differ

• Collaborate with the multimedia, user experience, paid courses, and marketing teams to ensure high-quality output and consistency across the brand

• Create, test, and refine AI tools and prompts that improve the language quality of our content

• Critically evaluate and refine AI-assisted content to ensure linguistic accuracy, clarity, consistency, and adherence to editorial standards

• Support medical editors with language questions and explain our conventions and the reasoning behind them, both day-to-day and through workshops and other teaching formats

• Help shape the language of our products and keep up to date with the latest developments in medical language

• Maintain our in-house guides, flag when a new convention is needed, and refine editorial processes to work more efficiently

You bring:

• Fluency in English (C2 level) and a deep interest in its intricacies

• Substantial editing experience (scientific or medical editing is a plus) and a good grasp of medical terminology

• Experience editing according to a style guide, with accuracy and attention to detail

• Strong research skills, using reliable sources to check terminology and decide how best to convey information to users

• Outstanding communication skills, a passion for explaining language conventions, and the ability to give and receive constructive feedback

• Hands-on experience using LLMs, ideally in an editorial process, and awareness of their limitations (hallucinations, biases, outdated sources) and of legal and ethical considerations around data use and copyright

• Structured work approach to manage multiple projects, adapt to changing weekly priorities, plan around dependencies, and keep teams informed

You enjoy:

• Working with people from all over the world

• Learning about every aspect of a company, from engineering to user research

• Exploring evolving technologies and tools

• Keeping up with the latest developments in medical language

• Sharing ideas about language with a close-knit team

Benefits:

AMBOSSians tell us that innovative work keeps them energized and employee benefits help them to feel appreciated and empowered. We invest in every AMBOSSian with our employee benefits package, crafted to support financial, physical, and mental health, and work-life harmony.

• 🧠 Learning & Development (Internal & external trainings, workshops & hackathons, AI cross-talks & seminars, Blinkist access, and more…)

• ☀️ Work From Somewhere Sunny (Access to our offices in Cagliari and Cape Town, visit the HQs, Berlin in summer)

Check out the full list of benefits below:

https://go.amboss.com/the-amboss-prescription-de

https://go.amboss.com/the-amboss-prescription-remote

We believe that diversity is a powerful driver of innovation and progress. That’s why we are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and supportive environment where everyone—regardless of gender, age, ethnic or cultural background, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity—is valued and given equal opportunity to thrive. We warmly welcome people of all backgrounds to help us fulfil our mission: empowering all medical professionals to provide the best possible care 🩺

Even if you don’t meet every single point in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. We’d love to hear from you!

AMBOSS operates across multiple international markets and diverse verticals. If this specific role doesn’t feel like the perfect match, we encourage you to browse our other open positions in Editorial and beyond to find where you can make the biggest impact.

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