AI Safety Expert - Red Team

๐Ÿข mercor ยท all 1223 jobs
๐Ÿ“ Canada
๐Ÿ’ฐ USD 48 - 62 / hourly
๐Ÿ“… Posted Oct 1, 2026 ยท via Himalayas
๐Ÿท AI Safety Researcher, Red Team Engineer, Security Researcher, Penetration Tester, AI Safety Engineer, AI Safety Red Teaming +8 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 โ€” English & Dutch
Type: Contract
Compensation: $48โ€“$62/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities

- Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.

- 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 to 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

- Fluent in English & Dutch .

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

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

Preferred

- Experience with Adversarial ML , cybersecurity , and socio-technical risk.

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

Application Process (Takes 20โ€“30 mins to complete)

- Upload resume

- AI interview based on your resume

- Submit form

Resources & Support

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- For any help or support, reach out to:

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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