AI Safety Specialist - Remote | Upto $84/hr

mercor; Schweiz; A distancia; CHF 80.000 - 96.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Mercor seeks an AI Safety Red Teamer to stress-test frontier AI models, design adversarial prompts, and identify jailbreaks and unsafe behaviors. The role evaluates robustness across misinformation, cyber, biosecurity, and political content, and reports findings to strengthen safety measures.

You will document vulnerabilities, contribute to benchmarking, and work with researchers to improve alignment and safety. Strong written communication is essential.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI safety, red teaming, trust & safety, cybersecurity, journalism, or life sciences.
• Strong analytical reasoning and written communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models .
• Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, hallucinations, and policy failures.
• Evaluate model robustness across misinformation, cyber, biosecurity, fraud, political content, and other sensitive domains.
• Document vulnerabilities and contribute to safety benchmarking and red-teaming reports.
• Collaborate with AI researchers to improve model alignment, robustness, and safety.

Conocimientos

Adversarial prompt design

AI safety

Prompt evaluation

Analytical reasoning

Written communication

Frontier AI systems testing

Educación

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Public Policy, or related field

Descripción del empleo

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 Red Teamer | Type: Contract | Compensation: $70–$84/hour | Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models .
• Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, hallucinations, and policy failures.
• Evaluate model robustness across misinformation, cyber, biosecurity, fraud, political content, and other sensitive domains.
• Document vulnerabilities and contribute to safety benchmarking and red-teaming reports.
• Collaborate with AI researchers to improve model alignment, robustness, and safety.

Qualifications Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science , Cybersecurity , Journalism , Communications , Psychology , Biology , Chemistry , Public Policy , or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety , AI Red Teaming , Trust & Safety , cybersecurity, investigative journalism, life sciences, or a related field.
• Strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills.
• Experience designing adversarial prompts or evaluating frontier AI systems .

Preferred

• Experience with AI Red Teaming , RLHF , SFT , AI Alignment , or Trust & Safety .
• Familiarity with jailbreak testing, prompt engineering, or adversarial evaluation methodologies.
• Expertise in one or more grey-area domains, including cyber, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety.