Adversarial ML Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $62/hr

🏢 mercor · all jobs
📍 United States
📅 Posted Oct 29, 2026 · via Himalayas
✅ Verified open — last confirmed 1h ago
🏷 AI Safety, Red Teaming, Machine Learning Security, Adversarial ML Specialist, AI Safety Engineer, AI Adversarial Specialist +3 more
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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 & Swedish
Type: Contract
Compensation: $48–$62/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities

- Red team conversational AI models and agents. Conduct jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.

- Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.

- Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.

- Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.

- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

- Fluent in English and Swedish .

- Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work , cybersecurity , or socio-technical probing.

- Strong communication skills to explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

- Experience in Adversarial ML , Cybersecurity , or socio-technical risk analysis.

- Skills in creative probing such as psychology, acting, or writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

- Upload resume

- AI interview based on your resume

- Submit form

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

Originally posted on Himalayas

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