AI Safety Specialist - Remote

Mercor; Lazio; Remoto; EUR 84.000 - 101.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Red Teamer for a remote contract role. You will design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models and identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, hallucinations, and policy failures.

You will collaborate with AI researchers to improve alignment, robustness, and safety, documenting vulnerabilities and contributing to safety benchmarking. A strong background in AI safety or red-teaming and a Bachelor's degree are required.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS, cybersecurity, journalism, communications, psychology, biology, chemistry, public policy or related discipline.
• 5+ years in AI Safety, AI Red Teaming, Trust & Safety, cybersecurity, investigative journalism, life sciences or related field.
• Strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication.
• Experience designing adversarial prompts or evaluating frontier AI systems.

Mansioni

• Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models.
• Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, hallucinations, and policy failures.
• Evaluate model robustness across misinformation, cyber security, 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.

Conoscenze

Analytical skills

Prompt design

Written communication

Adversarial prompts

AI safety

Formazione

Bachelor's degree or higher

Descrizione del lavoro

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 Red Teamer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$84/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models.
• Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, 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.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 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.

Preferred

• Experience with AI Red Teaming, RLHF, SFT, AI Alignment, or Trust & Safety.
• Familiarity with jailbreak testing, prompt engineering, or adversarial evaluation methodologies.
• Expertise in one or more grey-area domains, including cyber, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety.