Frontier AI Safety Red Team Specialist

Mercor; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor 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 topics.

Responsibilities include designing prompts, identifying jailbreaks and policy failures, and documenting vulnerabilities for safety benchmarking while collaborating with AI researchers to improve alignment and safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related discipline.
• 5+ years in AI Safety, AI Red Teaming, Trust & Safety, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills.

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 thinking

Prompt design

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Mercor 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 topics.

Responsibilities include designing prompts, identifying jailbreaks and policy failures, and documenting vulnerabilities for safety benchmarking while collaborating with AI researchers to improve alignment and safety.