Remote AI Safety Evaluator & Model Alignment Specialist

mercor; Belgique; Remote; EUR 74,000 - 86,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a remote contract role. You will evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality, supporting RLHF and SFT benchmarking.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in AI safety or related fields, at least 5 years of professional experience, excellent written English, and the ability to navigate nuanced policy scenarios.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, scientific research, security, or related field.
• Excellent written English, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning skills.
• Ability to consistently evaluate nuanced and policy-sensitive scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality.
• Review content involving misinformation, political persuasion, self-harm, violence, cyber, biosecurity, and other sensitive domains.
• Apply and refine evaluation rubrics for RLHF, SFT, and AI safety benchmarking.
• Identify unsafe outputs, hallucinations, reasoning failures, and policy violations.
• Provide structured feedback to improve model alignment and safety performance.
• Collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams on ongoing evaluation initiatives.

Skills

AI safety

Critical thinking

Analytical reasoning

English writing

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field

Job description

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a remote contract role. You will evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality, supporting RLHF and SFT benchmarking.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in AI safety or related fields, at least 5 years of professional experience, excellent written English, and the ability to navigate nuanced policy scenarios.