AI Safety Expert - Adversarial ML
Summary
Remote contract role (via Mercor, which staffs AI research labs) red-teaming conversational AI models and agents to find jailbreaks, prompt injections, and bias exploits, then annotating failures and producing reports and datasets. Requires native English and Kannada fluency; pays $16–$22/hour.
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 & Kannada
Type: Contract
Compensation: $16–$22/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
- Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
- Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
- Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Native fluency in English and Kannada.
- Strong judgment about language and content accuracy.
- Rigorous attention to subtle errors, inconsistencies, and gaps.
- Ability to work to guidelines and quality standards consistently.
- 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.
- Knowledge in Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
- Understanding of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
- Skills in creative probing: 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
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
