Remote AI Safety Evaluation Specialist (Contract)

mercor; Schweiz; Remote; CHF 69,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner on a remote contract to evaluate AI outputs for safety and quality. You will review content across sensitive domains, apply and refine evaluation rubrics, and provide actionable feedback to improve model alignment.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's or higher in a related field, 5+ years in AI safety or a closely related area, and strong written English with sharp analytical skills for nuanced scenarios.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, 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

Excellent written English

Analytical reasoning

Critical thinking

Policy evaluation

Safety assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Law, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or a related discipline

Job description

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner on a remote contract to evaluate AI outputs for safety and quality. You will review content across sensitive domains, apply and refine evaluation rubrics, and provide actionable feedback to improve model alignment.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's or higher in a related field, 5+ years in AI safety or a closely related area, and strong written English with sharp analytical skills for nuanced scenarios.