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 & Finnish Type:Contract Compensation:$48–$62/hour Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify 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 meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
Native fluency in English and Finnish.
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.
Ability to thrive on moving across projects and customers.
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.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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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
Location
San Francisco, California (Remote)
Salary
$48–$62 Per Hour
Skills
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agentsunmatched
Benchmarkingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Computer Securityunmatched
Data Setsunmatched
English Languageunmatched
Finnish Languageunmatched
Injectionsunmatched
Internet Securityunmatched
Penetration Testingunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Performance Modelingunmatched
Psychologyunmatched
Reporting Skillsunmatched
Research Laboratoryunmatched
Reverse Engineeringunmatched
Riskunmatched
Taxonomiesunmatched
Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Training Data Setsunmatched
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