AI Safety Expert - Adversarial ML

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 & Marathi
Type: Contract
Compensation: $16–$22/hour
Location: Remote

Role 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 maintain consistent testing.
• Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Fluent Language Skills Required: English & Marathi. Native fluency in English and Marathi is required.
• Strong judgment about language and content accuracy.
• Rigorous attention to subtle errors and inconsistencies.
• Structured approach to guidelines and quality standards.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.

Preferred

• Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
• Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
• Socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
• Creative probing: psychology, acting, writing for 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.