AI Safety Red Teamer Expert

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 Red Teamer Type: Contract Compensation: $70–$84/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities - Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models . - Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, hallucinations, and policy failures. - Evaluate model robustness across misinformation, cyber, biosecurity, fraud, political content, and other sensitive domains. - Document vulnerabilities and contribute to safety benchmarking and red-teaming reports. - Collaborate with AI researchers to improve model alignment, robustness, and safety. Qualifications Must-Have - Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science , Cybersecurity , Journalism , Communications , Psychology , Biology , Chemistry , Public Policy , or a related discipline. - 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety , AI Red Teaming , Trust & Safety , cybersecurity, investigative journalism, life sciences, or a related field. - Strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills. - Experience designing adversarial prompts or evaluating frontier AI systems . Preferred - Experience with AI Red Teaming , RLHF , SFT , AI Alignment , or Trust & Safety . - Familiarity with jailbreak testing, prompt engineering, or adversarial evaluation methodologies. - Expertise in one or more grey-area domains, including cyber, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) - Upload resume - AI interview based on your resume - Submit form Resources & Support - For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: - 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