AI Safety Red Teamer Expert

mercor; United States; Remoto; USD 96.000 - 116.000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da vaga

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Red Teamer for a remote contract role. You will design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models, identify jailbreaks and unsafe behaviors, and evaluate robustness across sensitive domains.

Join a team focused on documenting vulnerabilities, contributing to safety benchmarking, and collaborating with AI researchers to improve alignment, robustness, and safety. The role requires 5+ years in AI safety or related fields and a strong background in CS,

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS, 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 related field.
• Strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills.
• Experience designing adversarial prompts or evaluating frontier AI systems.

Responsabilidades

• Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models.
• Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, 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.

Conhecimentos

Analytical reasoning

Prompt design

Written communication

Adversarial prompt design

Formação

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Cybersecurity/Journalism/Communications/ Psychology/ Biology/ Chemistry/ Public Policy

Descrição da vaga

About the jobMercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: AI Safety Red TeamerType:ContractCompensation:$70–$84/hourLocation:Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models.
• Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, 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.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 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.
• Experience designing adversarial prompts or evaluating frontier AI systems.

Preferred

• Experience with AI Red Teaming, RLHF, SFT, AI Alignment, or Trust & Safety.
• Familiarity with jailbreak testing, prompt engineering, or adversarial evaluation methodologies.
• Expertise in one or more grey-area domains, including cyber, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety.