AI Safety Practitioner - Fully Remote

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 62,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. This remote contract role is for an AI Safety Practitioner, overseeing evaluation of model outputs for safety, accuracy, and policy compliance.

You will collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams, apply RLHF/SFT rubrics, and provide structured feedback to improve alignment and safety. Strong English and analytical reasoning are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related discipline (e.g., Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Public Policy, Law, CS).
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, scientific research or related fields.
• Excellent written English, critical thinking and analytical reasoning.

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

Critical thinking

Analytical reasoning

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

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 Practitioner
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$70/hour
Location: Remote

Role 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.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Law, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, scientific research, security, or a related field.
• Excellent written English, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning skills.
• Ability to consistently evaluate nuanced and policy-sensitive scenarios.

Preferred

• Experience with AI Safety, RLHF, SFT, Trust & Safety, or AI evaluation.
• Familiarity with safety policies, content moderation, or evaluation rubric development.
• Experience reviewing complex, high-risk, or ambiguous content.