AI Safety Red Team Specialist

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a remote AI safety red team to probe and strengthen your conversational AI systems. This role focuses on adversarial testing across topics like bias, misinformation, and safety, with participation in higher-sensitivity projects optional and guided by clear wellbeing resources.

You will annotate vulnerabilities, generate high-quality data, and document outcomes in reproducible reports to help customers improve their AI safety posture.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents: jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, multi-turn manipulation.
• Generate high-quality human data: annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.
• Apply structure: follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent.
• Document reproducibly: produce reports, datasets, and attack cases customers can act on.

Skills

Red team experience

Adversarial thinking

Structured frameworks

Clear risk communication

Adaptability

Job description

Mercor is assembling a remote AI safety red team to probe and strengthen your conversational AI systems. This role focuses on adversarial testing across topics like bias, misinformation, and safety, with participation in higher-sensitivity projects optional and guided by clear wellbeing resources.

You will annotate vulnerabilities, generate high-quality data, and document outcomes in reproducible reports to help customers improve their AI safety posture.