AI Safety Red Teamer Expert

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 Red Teamer

Type: Contract

Compensation: $70–$84/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models . • Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, hallucinations, and policy failures. • Evaluate model robustness across misinformation, cyber, biosecurity, fraud, political content, and other sensitive domains. • Document vulnerabilities and contribute to safety benchmarking and red-teaming reports. • Collaborate with AI researchers to improve model alignment, robustness, and safety.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science , Cybersecurity , Journalism , Communications , Psychology , Biology , Chemistry , Public Policy , or a related discipline. • 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety , AI Red Teaming , Trust & Safety , cybersecurity, investigative journalism, life sciences, or a related field. • Strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills. • Experience designing adversarial prompts or evaluating frontier AI systems .

Preferred

• Experience with AI Red Teaming , RLHF , SFT , AI Alignment , or Trust & Safety . • Familiarity with jailbreak testing, prompt engineering, or adversarial evaluation methodologies. • Expertise in one or more grey-area domains, including cyber, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety.

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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