AI Safety Red Teamer

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

📋 Description

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

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

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

• Record vulnerabilities and contribute to safety benchmarking and red-teaming documentation.

• Collaborate 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.

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

• Experience in designing adversarial prompts or assessing advanced 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 methodologies.

• Preferred: Expertise in grey-area domains such as cyber, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety.

• Candidates must not require H1-B or STEM OPT sponsorship; Mercor is unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT applicants.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.

• Flexible scheduling options.

• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.

• Project timelines may vary based on needs and performance.

• Competitive compensation.

• Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers.

• Reasonable accommodations available upon request.

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