Remote AI Safety Specialist - Adversarial Testing

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking AI Safety Experts fluent in English and Malayalam for a remote contract role. You will red team conversational AI models, annotate failures, and document vulnerabilities to help improve model safety for customers. Strong attention to detail and clear communication are essential across diverse projects.

This contract position offers hourly compensation and requires independent, asynchronous work to meet deadlines while maintaining high quality standards.

Qualifications

• Native fluency in English and Malayalam is required.
• Strong judgment about language and content accuracy.
• Rigorous attention to detail and ability to notice subtle errors.
• Structured approach to work following guidelines and quality standards.
• Clear communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.

Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.
• Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
• Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to ensure consistent testing.
• Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Skills

English

Malayalam

Job description

Mercor is seeking AI Safety Experts fluent in English and Malayalam for a remote contract role. You will red team conversational AI models, annotate failures, and document vulnerabilities to help improve model safety for customers. Strong attention to detail and clear communication are essential across diverse projects.

This contract position offers hourly compensation and requires independent, asynchronous work to meet deadlines while maintaining high quality standards.