AI Safety Expert - Adversarial ML

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

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

- Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.

- Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to ensure consistent testing.

- Document reproducibly by producing 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

- Fluent Language Skills Required: English & Tamil. Native fluency in English and Tamil is required.

- Strong judgment about language and content accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness.

- Rigorous attention to subtle errors, inconsistencies, and gaps.

- Structured approach to work, adhering to guidelines and quality standards.

- Clear communication with both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.

Preferred

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

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

- Knowledge of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.

- 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

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