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 & Kannada

Type: Contract

Compensation: $16–$22/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 using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing. • Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Native fluency in English and Kannada . • Strong judgment about language and content accuracy. • Rigorous attention to subtle errors, inconsistencies, and gaps. • Ability to work to guidelines and quality standards consistently. • Clear communication with both technical and non-technical audiences. • Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.

Preferred

• Experience in Adversarial ML : jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction. • Knowledge in Cybersecurity : penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering. • Understanding of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing. • Skills in 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.