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AI Safety Specialist - Expert

Mercor

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Must currently be based in the United States
  • Strong written English and attention to detail
  • Experience in AI safety, red teaming, cybersecurity, trust and safety, content moderation, policy evaluation, or adversarial testing
  • Comfort working independently under tight deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content in AI safety to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs.
  • Review complex AI safety protocols for alignment with domain principles and methodologies.
  • Provide clear, structured feedback to AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
  • Develop evaluation rubrics and benchmarks for assessing AI-generated safety tasks and solutions.

Key facts

Hard skills

AI Security Cyber Security Adversarial Machine Learning Common Assessment Framework Online Communication

Other skills

  • Detail Oriented
  • Time Management

About the company

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Mercor

Job Boards & Talent Marketplaces

Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.

Company details

IndustryJob Boards & Talent Marketplaces
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

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 Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $45/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content in AI safety to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs.
  • Review complex AI safety protocols for alignment with domain principles and methodologies.
  • Provide clear, structured feedback to AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
  • Develop evaluation rubrics and benchmarks for assessing AI-generated safety tasks and solutions.
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure consistency, relevance, and coverage across datasets.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Must currently be based in the United States
  • Strong written English and attention to detail
  • Experience in AI safety, red teaming, cybersecurity, trust and safety, content moderation, policy evaluation, or adversarial testing
  • Comfort working independently under tight deadlines

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

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