Remote AI Safety Red Teamer — Adversarial Testing Expert

mercor; France; Remote; EUR 86,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a contractor to join as an AI Safety Red Teamer. The role focuses on stress-testing frontier AI models through adversarial prompts, identifying jailbreaks and unsafe outputs, and evaluating robustness across sensitive domains.

You will document findings and contribute to safety benchmarking, working closely with AI researchers to improve alignment and safety. Required are strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills, plus 5+ years in AI safety,

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Education

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

Job description

Mercor is seeking a contractor to join as an AI Safety Red Teamer. The role focuses on stress-testing frontier AI models through adversarial prompts, identifying jailbreaks and unsafe outputs, and evaluating robustness across sensitive domains.

You will document findings and contribute to safety benchmarking, working closely with AI researchers to improve alignment and safety. Required are strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills, plus 5+ years in AI safety,