AI Safety Red Teamer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create adversarial prompts to rigorously test cutting-edge AI models.

• Detect jailbreaks, unsafe behaviors, hallucinations, and policy shortcomings.

• Assess model resilience in areas such as misinformation, cybersecurity, biosecurity, fraud, political content, and other sensitive sectors.

• Record vulnerabilities and assist in the development of safety benchmarks and red-teaming reports.

• Partner with AI researchers to enhance model alignment, robustness, and safety.

• Engage in projects aimed at training and improving AI systems.

• Manage your workload independently; project timelines may vary based on requirements and performance.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Public Policy, or a closely related field.

• Over 5 years of professional experience in AI Safety, AI Red Teaming, Trust & Safety, cybersecurity, investigative journalism, life sciences, or a similar domain.

• Strong skills in analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication.

• Experience in designing adversarial prompts or assessing cutting-edge AI systems.

• Preferred: Background in AI Red Teaming, Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), AI Alignment, or Trust & Safety.

• Preferred: Knowledge of jailbreak testing, prompt engineering, or adversarial evaluation techniques.

• Preferred: Proficiency in one or more complex domains such as cybersecurity, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety.

• Must be capable of functioning as an independent contractor.

• Mercor is unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position.

• Flexible working hours / manage your own schedule.

• Weekly payments through Stripe or Wise.

• Competitive compensation.

• Opportunity to collaborate with leading AI researchers and safety teams.

• Chance to impact AI safety and model development.

• Referral bonuses of up to $340 for each successful referral (restrictions may apply).