AI Safety Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $62/hr
About this role
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 & Finnish
Type: Contract
Compensation: $48–$62/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
• Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify 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 by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on. • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .
Qualifications
Must-Have
• Native fluency in English and Finnish . • Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work , cybersecurity , or socio-technical probing. • Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Ability to thrive on moving across projects and customers.
Preferred
• Experience in Adversarial ML : jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction. • Background in Cybersecurity : penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering. • Expertise in socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing . • Creative probing skills: 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.