Ai Safety Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $70/Hr

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a remote contract role. You will evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, accuracy, and policy compliance, covering sensitive domains. You will collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams to refine evaluation rubrics and improve model alignment.

Must have 5+ years in AI Safety or related fields and a Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline. Excellent English writing and analytic skills are required; flexible remote work across time zones

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant discipline.
• 5+ years of professional AI Safety or related experience.
• Excellent written English and analytical skills.
• Ability to evaluate nuanced policy-sensitive scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, accuracy, and quality.
• Review content across misinformation, political persuasion, self-harm, violence, etc.
• Apply evaluation rubrics for RLHF, SFT, and safety benchmarking.
• Identify unsafe outputs and policy violations.
• Provide structured feedback to improve alignment and safety performance.
• Collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams on evaluation initiatives.

Skills

English proficiency

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 related discipline

Job description

About the job

MERCOR 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 Practitioner
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$70/hour
Location: Remote

Role 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.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 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.

Preferred

• Experience with AI Safety, RLHF, SFT, Trust & Safety, or AI evaluation.
• Familiarity with safety policies, content moderation, or evaluation rubric development.
• Experience reviewing complex, high-risk, or ambiguous content.

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
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