AI Safety Expert - Red Team

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 & Dutch
Type: Contract
Compensation: $48–$62/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities

- Red team conversational AI models and agents by performing jailbreaks, prompt injections, and bias exploitation.

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

- Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain 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 in English and Dutch .

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

- Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

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

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

- Skills in Socio-technical risk : harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis.

- Creative probing skills in psychology, acting, or writing.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

- Upload resume

- AI interview based on your resume

- Submit form

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