AI Safety Expert - Red Team
Summary
Contract, remote role red-teaming conversational AI models and agents — probing for jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse, and bias — then annotating failures and documenting reproducible attack reports. Requires native fluency in English and Assamese; 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 & Assamese
Type: Contract
Compensation: $16–$22/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
- Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.
- Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
- Document reproducibly. 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
- Native fluency in English and Assamese.
- Strong judgment about language and content accuracy.
- Rigorous attention to subtle errors and inconsistencies.
- Structured approach to guidelines and quality standards.
- Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.
Preferred
- Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks.
- Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
- Knowledge of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis.
- Creative probing skills: 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.