AI SAFETY SPECIALIST - FULLY REMOTE | UPTO $25/HR
mercor
Part-timemid€17-25/hour
Job description
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 & Malay
Type: Contract
Compensation: $17–$25/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 ensure consistent testing.
• Document reproducibly to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
• Review AI outputs on sensitive topics such as bias and misinformation, with optional participation in higher-sensitivity projects.
Qualifications
Must-Have
• Fluent Language Skills Required: English & Malay
• Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work , cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
• Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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.
Skills
red teamingAI adversarial workcybersecuritysocio-technical probingAdversarial MLjailbreak datasetsprompt injectionRLHFDPO attacksmodel extractionpenetration testingexploit developmentreverse engineeringharassment/disinfo probingabuse analysisconversational AI testingpsychologyactingwriting