AI Safety Red Teamer

atMercorRemoteUS flagUnited StatesFreelanceArtificial IntelligenceMid-levelSenior$70 – $84/hour

Posted 5 hours ago

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

📋 Description

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

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

• Assess model resilience across various sensitive areas including misinformation, cyber threats, biosecurity, fraud, and political content.

• Record vulnerabilities and assist in safety benchmarking and red-teaming documentation.

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

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


⛳️ Requirements

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

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

• Excellent analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication abilities.

• Proven experience in creating adversarial prompts or assessing frontier 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: expertise in ambiguous domains such as cyber threats, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety.

• Must be capable of working as an independent contractor.

• H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not eligible.


🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position allowing you to work on your own schedule.

• Weekly payments through Stripe or Wise based on services provided.

• Project durations can be adjusted—extended, shortened, or concluded early—based on requirements and performance.

• Competitive compensation.

• Opportunity to collaborate with top researchers and safety teams.

• Reasonable accommodations available upon request.

• Referral bonus of up to $340 for each successful referral, subject to certain limits.

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