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. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation.
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 that customers can act on.
Work independently and asynchronously. Participate in optional higher-sensitivity projects with clear guidelines and wellness resources.
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 to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.