Blasting Engineer — Red-Team Prompt Architect

Mercor; Johannesburg; Presencial; ZAR 600.000 - 1.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Mercor is assembling a panel of experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write prompts at three levels—benign, dual-use, and adversarial—and evaluate responses against policy standards. You will also draft reference answers with technical reasoning for correct handling.

This role emphasizes writing-intensive work and the ability to clearly justify judgments for non-specialists. Prior technical writing, published work, or expert witness experience are strong signals; samples may be

Formación

• Licensed practitioner who handles, stores and moves specialty materials.
• Ability to distinguish routine professional questions from misuse attempts.
• Experience in writing prompts and evaluating model responses with written rationales.

Responsabilidades

• Write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model responses against defined policy standards.
• Write reference answers and technical reasoning for correct responses.

Conocimientos

Red-teaming prompts

Technical writing

Policy evaluation

Rationale documentation

Educación

Licensed blasting professional

Training or certification auditing

Descripción del empleo

Mercor is assembling a panel of experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write prompts at three levels—benign, dual-use, and adversarial—and evaluate responses against policy standards. You will also draft reference answers with technical reasoning for correct handling.

This role emphasizes writing-intensive work and the ability to clearly justify judgments for non-specialists. Prior technical writing, published work, or expert witness experience are strong signals; samples may be