AI Red Team Specialist - Remote | Up to $22/hr

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 & Punjabi
Type: Contract
Compensation: $16–$22/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities

- Red team conversational AI models and agents. Perform jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation.

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

- Apply structure. Follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent.

- Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases customers can act on.

- Work independently and asynchronously. Ensure flexible hours and meet deadlines.

Qualifications

Must-Have

- Fluent in English & Punjabi . Native fluency required.

- Strong judgment about language and content.

- Rigorous attention to detail. Notice subtle errors and inconsistencies.

- Structured approach. Consistently follow guidelines and quality standards.

- Effective communication skills. Explain reasoning clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

- Adaptability. Thrive across projects, task types, and customers.

Preferred

- Adversarial ML : jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.

- Cybersecurity : penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.

- Socio-technical risk : harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.

- Creative probing: 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

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

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