Remote AI Safety Red Team Specialist

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is building a red team for AI safety, focusing on adversarial input testing and dataset generation that strengthens model robustness.

This role reviews AI outputs touching sensitive topics; participation in higher-sensitivity projects is optional and guided by clear guidelines and wellness resources.

Join an expert team that probes jailbreaks, prompt injections, and bias exploitation to deliver reproducible artifacts customers can act on and trust."

Qualifications

• Prior red teaming experience (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing).
• Curious and adversarial: push systems to breaking points.
• Structured: use frameworks or benchmarks, not random hacks.
• Communicative: explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Adaptable: thrive on moving across projects and customers.

Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents: jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, multi-turn manipulation
• Generate high-quality human data: annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks
• Apply structure: follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent
• Document reproducibly: produce reports, datasets, and attack cases customers can act on

Skills

Red team experience

Adversarial thinking

Structured testing

Clear communication

Adaptability

Job description

Mercor is building a red team for AI safety, focusing on adversarial input testing and dataset generation that strengthens model robustness.

This role reviews AI outputs touching sensitive topics; participation in higher-sensitivity projects is optional and guided by clear guidelines and wellness resources.

Join an expert team that probes jailbreaks, prompt injections, and bias exploitation to deliver reproducible artifacts customers can act on and trust."