AI Safety Red Teamer - Frontier Model Defender

Obsidian; Dublin; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Obsidian is seeking experienced AI Safety Red Teamers to identify vulnerabilities in frontier AI systems through adversarial testing. You will design challenging prompts, uncover model weaknesses, and evaluate AI behavior across high-risk and ambiguous topics.

Join a team of researchers to stress-test models, document findings, and contribute to safety benchmarking. Strong analytical and written communication skills are essential for clear reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, 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 behaviours, 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

Computer Science

Cybersecurity

Journalism

Communications

Psychology

Biology

Chemistry

Public Policy

Related discipline

Job description

Obsidian is seeking experienced AI Safety Red Teamers to identify vulnerabilities in frontier AI systems through adversarial testing. You will design challenging prompts, uncover model weaknesses, and evaluate AI behavior across high-risk and ambiguous topics.

Join a team of researchers to stress-test models, document findings, and contribute to safety benchmarking. Strong analytical and written communication skills are essential for clear reporting.