Remote AI Safety Red Teamer — Frontier Model Testing

FUT‑URE; Sevilla; Remote; EUR 86,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Specialist to remotely stress-test frontier AI models by designing adversarial prompts and evaluating unsafe behaviors. The role emphasizes documentation, collaboration with researchers, and contributing to safety benchmarking.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in AI safety or red teaming, plus strong analytical and written communication skills. This is a remote contract position offering competitive hourly compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical or related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI safety, red teaming, trust & safety, cybersecurity, or life sciences.
• Strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication.

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

Adversarial prompt design

AI safety

Prompt engineering

Written communication

Analytical reasoning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Specialist to remotely stress-test frontier AI models by designing adversarial prompts and evaluating unsafe behaviors. The role emphasizes documentation, collaboration with researchers, and contributing to safety benchmarking.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in AI safety or red teaming, plus strong analytical and written communication skills. This is a remote contract position offering competitive hourly compensation.