Remote AI Safety Evaluator & Model Alignment Expert

mercor; Norway; Remote; NOK 790,000 - 922,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a remote contract to evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality. You will review content across sensitive domains and collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree or higher and has 5+ years in AI safety, trust & safety, journalism, public policy, or related fields, plus excellent written English and strong analytical reasoning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, or related field.
• Excellent written English and strong analytical skills.
• Ability to evaluate nuanced and policy-sensitive scenarios.

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

Written English

Critical thinking

Analytical reasoning

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a remote contract to evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality. You will review content across sensitive domains and collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree or higher and has 5+ years in AI safety, trust & safety, journalism, public policy, or related fields, plus excellent written English and strong analytical reasoning.