AI Safety Specialist - Evaluation Expert
Skills
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 Practitioner
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$70/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
• Evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality. • Review content involving misinformation, political persuasion, self-harm, violence, cyber, biosecurity, and other sensitive domains. • Apply and refine evaluation rubrics for RLHF , SFT , and AI safety benchmarking . • Identify unsafe outputs, hallucinations, reasoning failures, and policy violations. • Provide structured feedback to improve model alignment and safety performance. • Collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams on ongoing evaluation initiatives.
Qualifications
Must-Have
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Law, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or a related discipline. • 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety , Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, scientific research, security, or a related field. • Excellent written English , critical thinking, and analytical reasoning skills. • Ability to consistently evaluate nuanced and policy-sensitive scenarios.
Preferred
• Experience with AI Safety , RLHF , SFT , Trust & Safety, or AI evaluation. • Familiarity with safety policies, content moderation, or evaluation rubric development. • Experience reviewing complex, high-risk, or ambiguous content.
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.