AI Safety Expert - Red Team

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: AI Safety Experts — English & Assamese
Type: Contract
Compensation: $20–$22/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents, focusing on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
• Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
• Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
• Document reproducibly to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
• Uncover vulnerabilities that automated tests miss and deliver reproducible artifacts to strengthen customer AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Fluent in English and Assamese.
• Prior experience in red teaming, AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
• Ability to explain risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Adaptability to move across projects and customers.

Preferred

• Experience in Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, or socio-technical risk analysis.
• Skills in creative probing, including psychology, acting, or unconventional adversarial thinking.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.