Remote AI Safety Red Team Specialist

Mercor; Dublin; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Responsibilities include designing adversarial prompts, identifying jailbreaks and safety failures, and collaborating with researchers to improve alignment and 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 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

Prompt design

Analytical reasoning

Written communication

Adversarial testing

AI evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Cybersecurity/Journ/Comm/Psych/Bio/Chem/Public Policy or related

Job description

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

Responsibilities include designing adversarial prompts, identifying jailbreaks and safety failures, and collaborating with researchers to improve alignment and safety.