Remote AI Safety Red Teamer — Contract

Remote - Referral Board; Gerona; Remote; EUR 86,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. This remote AI Safety Specialist role offers a contract position with hourly pay. You will design adversarial prompts, stress-test frontier AI models, identify jailbreaks and unsafe behaviours, and document vulnerabilities. You’ll collaborate with AI researchers to improve alignment and safety across sensitive domains. Expect rigorous analysis and clear communication.

Qualifications

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

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.

Skills

Analytical reasoning

Prompt design

Written communication

AI safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. This remote AI Safety Specialist role offers a contract position with hourly pay. You will design adversarial prompts, stress-test frontier AI models, identify jailbreaks and unsafe behaviours, and document vulnerabilities. You’ll collaborate with AI researchers to improve alignment and safety across sensitive domains. Expect rigorous analysis and clear communication.