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 & Portuguese (global) Type:Contract Compensation:$29–$45/hour Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
Red team conversational AI models and agents by performing jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
Work independently and asynchronously to improve AI model performance and ensure safety.
Qualifications
Must-Have
Native fluency in English and Portuguese (global, excluding Brazilian Portuguese).
Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
Socio-technical risk expertise: 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.
