Toxicology Red-Team Chemist for AI Safety

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry and chemical safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write challenging prompts across three levels and judge model responses against a policy standard.

You will also craft the reference answer with technical reasoning for why a response is correct or incorrect. This writing‑intensive work requires clear, well‑founded justifications and the ability to communicate complex chemical casework to non-specialists.

Qualifications

• Experience identifying substances and precursors in reports or on the stand.
• Ability to defend conclusions in written documents.

Responsibilities

• Write prompts at benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model outputs against defined policy standards.
• Draft reference answers with clear reasoning.

Skills

Casework

Report writing

Expert testimony

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry and chemical safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write challenging prompts across three levels and judge model responses against a policy standard.

You will also craft the reference answer with technical reasoning for why a response is correct or incorrect. This writing‑intensive work requires clear, well‑founded justifications and the ability to communicate complex chemical casework to non-specialists.