AI Safety Red Team Specialist — Remote (EN/VI)

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 33,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking AI Safety Experts to test and stress AI models in a remote contract role. You will perform red team testing, document findings, and develop datasets and attack cases for clients.

The role requires native English and Vietnamese, strong adversarial AI experience, and the ability to clearly explain risks to diverse stakeholders. Independent work style and adaptability are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Native fluency in English and Vietnamese.
• Proven red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
• Ability to explain risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Able to adapt across projects and customers.

Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks and misuse cases.
• Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks to generate high-quality data.
• Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain testing consistency.
• Document reproducibly to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases for customers.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Skills

English proficiency

Vietnamese proficiency

Red teaming

Risk communication

Adaptability

Job description

Mercor is seeking AI Safety Experts to test and stress AI models in a remote contract role. You will perform red team testing, document findings, and develop datasets and attack cases for clients.

The role requires native English and Vietnamese, strong adversarial AI experience, and the ability to clearly explain risks to diverse stakeholders. Independent work style and adaptability are essential for success in this position.