Frontier AI Safety Red Teamer

Mercor; Oslo; Remote; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experienced AI Safety Red Teamers in Oslo 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 and ambiguous topics.

Responsibilities include designing adversarial prompts, identifying jailbreaks and policy failures, and documenting vulnerabilities to inform safety benchmarking.

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.

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 reasoning

Prompt design

Written communication

Adversarial testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Cybersecurity/related

Job description

Mercor is seeking experienced AI Safety Red Teamers in Oslo 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 and ambiguous topics.

Responsibilities include designing adversarial prompts, identifying jailbreaks and policy failures, and documenting vulnerabilities to inform safety benchmarking.