AI Safety Specialist - Fully Remote

Mercor
  • New York, New York
  • Remote
  • $16–$22 Per Hour
6 days ago

Job Description

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 & Assamese
Type:Contract
Compensation:$16–$22/hour
Location:Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
  • Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.
  • Apply structure by following 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 to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Native fluency in English and Assamese.
  • Strong judgment about language and content accuracy.
  • Rigorous attention to subtle errors and inconsistencies.
  • Structured approach to guidelines and quality standards.
  • Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.

Preferred

  • Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks.
  • Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
  • Knowledge of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis.
  • Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, 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.

Numbers & Facts

LocationNew York, New York (
Remote
)
Salary$16–$22 Per Hour

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agentsunmatched
  • Assamese Languageunmatched
  • Benchmarkingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Securityunmatched
  • Data Setsunmatched
  • English Languageunmatched
  • Injectionsunmatched
  • Internet Securityunmatched
  • Penetration Testingunmatched
  • Performance Managementunmatched
  • Performance Modelingunmatched
  • Psychologyunmatched
  • Quality Metricsunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • Research Laboratoryunmatched
  • Reverse Engineeringunmatched
  • Riskunmatched
  • Taxonomiesunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Training Data Setsunmatched

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