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 & Malay Type:Contract Compensation:$17–$25/hour Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.
Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to ensure consistent testing.
Document reproducibly to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
Review AI outputs on sensitive topics such as bias and misinformation, with optional participation in higher-sensitivity projects.
Qualifications
Must-Have
Fluent Language Skills Required: English & Malay
Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
Background in Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
Expertise in socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.
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Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The company specializes in matching top-tier professionals with AI research organizations to support advanced projects. Mercor facilitates work across multiple domains including financial analysis, hedge fund strategy evaluation, and deal structuring, leveraging AI to enhance model training and research capabilities. The company bridges the gap between specialized talent and cutting-edge AI research institutions.
