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mercorAI Safety Red Teamer Expert
Mercor acts as a bridge linking top-tier technical and creative professionals with premier artificial intelligence research laboratories. Based in San Francisco and backed by prominent investors…
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AI Safety Red Teamer Expert at mercor is a full-time role. Work arrangement: Remote. Location: Not specified. No salary is shown in this listing. It was posted on Oct 1, 2026. This listing is paused and not taking applications at the moment.
Job Description
Mercor acts as a bridge linking top-tier technical and creative professionals with premier artificial intelligence research laboratories. Based in San Francisco and backed by prominent investors such as Peter Thiel, Jack Dorsey, Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D'Angelo, and Larry Summers, the company is hiring for the role of AI Safety Red Teamer. This position involves probing advanced artificial intelligence models to uncover potential vulnerabilities, policy breaches, and unsafe behaviors.
This role suits professionals with a strong background in trust and safety, cybersecurity, or artificial intelligence alignment who want to test the boundaries of frontier technology. Selected candidates will design challenging adversarial inputs, analyze system robustness across multiple sensitive categories, and work alongside researchers to enhance model reliability. The position operates on a contract basis with remote work arrangements and an hourly pay rate ranging between $70 and $84.
Responsibilities
- Develop adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier artificial intelligence models
- Pinpoint jailbreaks, policy failures, hallucinations, and unsafe tendencies
- Assess model resilience across sensitive domains including biosecurity, cyber threats, misinformation, fraud, and political content
- Record system vulnerabilities and help author safety red-teaming reports and benchmarks
- Partner with artificial intelligence researchers to boost safety, robustness, and model alignment
Requirements
- Hold a bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Communications, Journalism, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Public Policy, or an equivalent field
- Possess at least five years of professional background in AI Red Teaming, AI Safety, Trust and Safety, cybersecurity, life sciences, investigative journalism, or a related sector
- Demonstrate strong prompt design, analytical reasoning, and written communication capabilities
- Bring practical experience in evaluating frontier artificial intelligence systems or creating adversarial prompts
Qualifications
- Prior background in AI Red Teaming, AI Alignment, SFT, RLHF, or Trust & Safety
- Acquaintance with prompt engineering, jailbreak testing, or adversarial evaluation frameworks
- Specialized knowledge in complex or grey-area fields like biosecurity, cyber, political content, scientific safety, or misinformation
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