Remote AI Safety Red Teamer: Adversarial Testing

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Red Teamer on a remote contract basis. The role focuses on designing adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models, identifying jailbreaks and unsafe outputs, and evaluating robustness across a range of sensitive domains.

Collaboration with AI researchers will drive improvements in safety and alignment. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in AI Safety or related fields, with strong analytical and communication skills, and a background in CS or related

Qualifications

• Must have strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills.
• Experience designing adversarial prompts or evaluating frontier AI systems.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, AI Red Teaming, Trust & Safety, cybersecurity, investigative journalism, life sciences, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models.
• Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, hallucinations, and policy failures.
• Evaluate model robustness across misinformation, cyber, biosecurity, fraud, political content, and other sensitive domains.
• Document vulnerabilities and contribute to safety benchmarking and red-teaming reports.
• Collaborate with AI researchers to improve model alignment, robustness, and safety.

Skills

Analytical reasoning

Prompt design

Written communication

Adversarial prompts

Red team experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/related field

Job description

Mercor is seeking an AI Safety Red Teamer on a remote contract basis. The role focuses on designing adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models, identifying jailbreaks and unsafe outputs, and evaluating robustness across a range of sensitive domains.

Collaboration with AI researchers will drive improvements in safety and alignment. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in AI Safety or related fields, with strong analytical and communication skills, and a background in CS or related