AI Safety Expert - Red Team

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: AI Safety Experts — English & Malayalam
Type:Contract
Compensation:$20–$22/hour
Location:Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents. Perform jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
• Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.
• Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
• Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Fluent in English and Malayalam.
• Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
• Strong communication skills for explaining risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience with Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, and socio-technical risk analysis.
• Skills in creative probing such as psychology, acting, or writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Originally posted on Himalayas