Remote AI Safety & Adversarial Red Team Expert

Mercor; Philippines; On-site; PHP 4,316,000 - 6,782,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is building a remote, expert red team to probe AI models for safety and robustness. This role focuses on adversarial testing, data annotation, and documenting actionable attack cases for customers. You will work with frameworks to ensure test consistency and surface systemic risks across diverse projects.

The position emphasizes clear communication of findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, with adaptability to move across multiple customer contexts and projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in red teaming AI or cybersecurity contexts.
• Ability to follow and apply structured taxonomies and playbooks.
• Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents: jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, multi-turn manipulation
• Generate high-quality human data: annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks
• Apply structure: follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent
• Document reproducibly: produce reports, datasets, and attack cases customers can act on

Skills

Red team experience

AI adversarial work

Cybersecurity

Socio-technical probing

Structured frameworks

Clear communication

Adaptability

Job description

Mercor is building a remote, expert red team to probe AI models for safety and robustness. This role focuses on adversarial testing, data annotation, and documenting actionable attack cases for customers. You will work with frameworks to ensure test consistency and surface systemic risks across diverse projects.

The position emphasizes clear communication of findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, with adaptability to move across multiple customer contexts and projects.