Job Opportunity Posted yesterday Updated 30 Sep 2026

AI Safety Expert - Red Team

Company
Location
Employment Type
CONTRACTOR
Salary
16 - 22 USD
Pay Period
HOUR

Job Description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: AI Safety Experts — English & Assamese
Type: Contract
Compensation: $16–$22/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
  • Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.
  • Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
  • Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Native fluency in English and Assamese.
  • Strong judgment about language and content accuracy.
  • Rigorous attention to subtle errors and inconsistencies.
  • Structured approach to guidelines and quality standards.
  • Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.

Preferred

  • Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks.
  • Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
  • Knowledge of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis.
  • Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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