AI Safety Evaluator & Model Alignment Expert

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experienced AI Safety Practitioners to assess the safety, quality, and alignment of frontier AI models across complex, policy-sensitive topics. You will evaluate AI-generated responses, apply safety policies, and provide structured feedback to improve model behavior.

Responsibilities include evaluating safety, factual accuracy, and policy compliance; reviewing content across sensitive domains; and collaborating with researchers and safety teams on ongoing evaluation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Law, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, scientific research, security, or a 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

Written English

Critical thinking

Analytical reasoning

Policy evaluation

Education

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

Job description

Mercor is seeking experienced AI Safety Practitioners to assess the safety, quality, and alignment of frontier AI models across complex, policy-sensitive topics. You will evaluate AI-generated responses, apply safety policies, and provide structured feedback to improve model behavior.

Responsibilities include evaluating safety, factual accuracy, and policy compliance; reviewing content across sensitive domains; and collaborating with researchers and safety teams on ongoing evaluation