Hazardous Compounds Analyst & AI Safety Red-Team

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

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an analyst to craft challenging prompts at three levels (benign, dual-use, adversarial) and to evaluate model responses against a policy standard. You will also write the reference answers with clear, technical justifications to guide future assessments.

This writing-intensive role requires experience in hazardous compounds analysis and strong technical communication to articulate reasoning for non-specialists.

Qualifications

• Experience identifying misuse potential in technical domains.
• Ability to craft prompts and reasoned rationales.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, labelled across three levels: benign, dual-use, and adversarial.
• Evaluate the responses that come back against a defined policy standard, and judge whether each was handled correctly.
• Write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the technical reasoning for why.

Skills

Red-teaming experience

Technical writing

Hazardous compounds domain knowledge

Education

Background in hazardous compounds analysis

Job description

Mercor is seeking an analyst to craft challenging prompts at three levels (benign, dual-use, adversarial) and to evaluate model responses against a policy standard. You will also write the reference answers with clear, technical justifications to guide future assessments.

This writing-intensive role requires experience in hazardous compounds analysis and strong technical communication to articulate reasoning for non-specialists.