Responsible AI Safety Evaluator - Remote Contract

Mercor; Oslo; Remote; NOK 776,000 - 905,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a contract engagement. You will evaluate AI-generated outputs for safety, accuracy, and policy compliance, and collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams.

The role focuses on applying RLHF and SFT concepts, reviewing high-risk content, and providing structured feedback to improve alignment. Remote work offered with competitive hourly compensation of $60–$70.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, scientific research, security, or related field.
• Excellent written English, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning skills.
• Ability to consistently 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

Excellent written English

Critical thinking

Analytical reasoning

Ability to evaluate nuanced scenarios

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Law, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or related discipline

Job description

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a contract engagement. You will evaluate AI-generated outputs for safety, accuracy, and policy compliance, and collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams.

The role focuses on applying RLHF and SFT concepts, reviewing high-risk content, and providing structured feedback to improve alignment. Remote work offered with competitive hourly compensation of $60–$70.