AI Safety Specialist - Evaluation Expert

mercor; Ireland; À distance; EUR 74 000 - 86 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. We seek an AI Safety Practitioner for a remote, contract engagement. You will evaluate AI outputs for safety, bias, and policy compliance, providing actionable feedback to researchers.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, 5+ years in AI safety or related areas, and strong written English plus analytical skills. This is a remote, international opportunity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, scientific research, security, or related field.
• Excellent written English, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning skills.

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

Excellent written English

Analytical reasoning

Critical thinking

Formation

Bachelor's degree or higher in Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Law, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or related discipline

Description du poste

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.