Forensic & Toxicology Chemist - AI Safety Red Team

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Neon seeks experienced writers to develop prompts at the boundary of safety for frontier AI models. You will craft labeled prompts (benign, dual-use, adversarial) and judge model outputs against a policy standard. Your findings will include a reference answer and the technical rationale behind it.

This role emphasizes writing-intensive work, requiring prior technical writing, exposure to misuse scenarios, and the ability to clearly justify each judgment for non-specialists.

Qualifications

• Background in casework identifying substances and precursors.
• Experience defending conclusions in reports or testimony.
• Familiarity with forensic toxicology or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.
• Write the reference answer with technical reasoning.

Skills

Casework experience

Technical writing

Analytical reasoning

Red-teaming

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemistry/forensic science

Tools

Forensic instrumentation

Job description

Neon seeks experienced writers to develop prompts at the boundary of safety for frontier AI models. You will craft labeled prompts (benign, dual-use, adversarial) and judge model outputs against a policy standard. Your findings will include a reference answer and the technical rationale behind it.

This role emphasizes writing-intensive work, requiring prior technical writing, exposure to misuse scenarios, and the ability to clearly justify each judgment for non-specialists.