Remote AI Safety Evaluator & Model Alignment

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a remote contract role. You will evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality, working with AI researchers and safety teams.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's or higher in a related field and 5+ years in AI safety or related areas, with excellent written English and strong analytical skills to assess nuanced, policy-sensitive scenarios.

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

Excellent written English

Critical thinking

Analytical reasoning

Policy-sensitive evaluation

Education

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

Job description

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Practitioner for a remote contract role. You will evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality, working with AI researchers and safety teams.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's or higher in a related field and 5+ years in AI safety or related areas, with excellent written English and strong analytical skills to assess nuanced, policy-sensitive scenarios.