AI Safety Toxicology Red-Team Scientist

Mercor; Toronto; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is building a dedicated team to red-team frontier AI models by crafting challenging prompts and evaluating AI responses. The work centers on distinguishing legitimate questions from dangerous ones, while maintaining rigorous documentation.

Ideal candidates have hands-on casework in chemistry or toxicology and can write clear, justified analyses for non-specialists. This is writing-intensive work with strong emphasis on policy and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience identifying substances and precursors in casework or reports.
• Ability to write clear rationales for non-specialists in technical domains.
• Background in expert witness or formal report writing is a strong signal.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts labeled benign, dual-use, and adversarial.
• Evaluate model responses against defined policy standards.
• Draft reference answers with reasoning and technical justification.

Skills

Red-teaming

Technical writing

Analytical thinking

Chemistry knowledge

Policy evaluation

Education

Chemistry or forensic science background

Job description

Mercor is building a dedicated team to red-team frontier AI models by crafting challenging prompts and evaluating AI responses. The work centers on distinguishing legitimate questions from dangerous ones, while maintaining rigorous documentation.

Ideal candidates have hands-on casework in chemistry or toxicology and can write clear, justified analyses for non-specialists. This is writing-intensive work with strong emphasis on policy and reporting.