AI Safety Red Teamer

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

Posted Sep 7

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

📋 Description

• Create adversarial prompts to rigorously assess frontier AI models.

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

• Assess model resilience in areas such as misinformation, cyber threats, biosecurity, fraud, political content, and other sensitive fields.

• Record vulnerabilities and assist in the development of safety benchmarking 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.


⛳️ Requirements

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

• Experience in designing adversarial prompts or assessing frontier AI systems.

• Preferred: Background in AI Red Teaming, RLHF, SFT, AI Alignment, or Trust & Safety.

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

• Preferred: Proficiency in one or more grey-area domains, such as cyber, 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

• Completely remote position that can be carried out on your own timetable.

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

• Project timelines can be adjusted, shortened, or concluded early depending on requirements and performance.

• Chance to work on innovative adversarial testing with top AI researchers and safety teams.

• Opportunity to impact how AI systems tackle complex, real-world safety issues.

• Referral bonuses of up to $340 for each successful referral.

• Reasonable accommodations available upon request.

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