Remote AI Safety Evaluator & Model Alignment Specialist

mercor; Ireland; Remote; EUR 74,000 - 86,000; Part time

Job summary

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.

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

Analytical reasoning

Critical thinking

Education

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

Job description

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.