AI Safety Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $22/hr

🏢 mercor · all 1223 jobs
📍 Canada
💰 USD 20 - 22 / hour
📅 Posted Aug 15, 2026 · via Himalayas
🏷 AI Safety Specialist, Red Team, AI Safety Researcher, AI Content Moderation, AI Security Analyst, AI Safety Analyst +2 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 — English & Odia
Type: Contract
Compensation: $20–$22/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 maintain consistent testing.

- Document reproducibly to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.

- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

- Fluent Language Skills Required: English & Odia.

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

- Strong communication skills to explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

- Experience in Adversarial ML , Cybersecurity , or Socio-technical risk .

- Skills in Creative probing such as psychology, acting, or 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.

Originally posted on Himalayas

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