AI Safety Expert – English, Odia

Mercor

. Red-team conversational AI models and agents through jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation .

Posted 9/19/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $16 - $22 per hourWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in red-teaming conversational AI models and agents, with a focus on identifying vulnerabilities and assessing AI outputs for bias and misinformation. Proficient in generating human data through annotation and classification while adhering to quality standards and guidelines.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Conversational AI TestingAdversarial Machine LearningVulnerability AssessmentFluent English and OdiaCybersecurity Experience

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Hard Skills

Red-TeamingPrompt InjectionBias ExploitationAnnotationVulnerability ClassificationSystemic Risk FlaggingReproducible ReportingMulti-Turn ManipulationAdversarial ML TechniquesPenetration Testing

Soft Skills

Strong JudgmentClear CommunicationAdaptabilityAttention to DetailIndependent Work

Industry Keywords

Conversational AICybersecuritySocio-Technical RiskExploit DevelopmentReverse EngineeringHarassment ProbingDisinformation AnalysisQuality StandardsGuidelines ComplianceHuman Data Generation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Red-team conversational AI models and agents through jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation
Generate human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks
Apply taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing
Produce reproducible reports, datasets, and attack cases for customers
Review AI outputs involving sensitive topics such as bias, misinformation, or harmful behaviors
Work on projects training and enhancing AI systems
Uncover vulnerabilities automated tests miss and expand evaluation coverage

Requirements

What you’ll need

Fluent/native English and Odia required
Strong judgment about language and content; ability to assess whether AI responses are accurate, complete, and appropriate
Ability to identify subtle errors, inconsistencies, and gaps
Ability to follow guidelines and quality standards consistently
Ability to explain reasoning clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers
Independent contractor engagement
H1-B and STEM OPT candidates cannot be supported
Nice-to-have: adversarial ML experience, including jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, or model extraction
Nice-to-have: cybersecurity experience, including penetration testing, exploit development, or reverse engineering
Nice-to-have: socio-technical risk experience, including harassment/disinformation probing, abuse analysis, or conversational AI testing
Nice-to-have: psychology, acting, or writing experience for unconventional adversarial thinking

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote role
Flexible own schedule
Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
Opportunity to build experience in human data-driven AI red teaming
Direct role in making AI systems more robust, safe, and trustworthy
Collaborate with leading researchers
Reasonable accommodations upon request
Referral payments of up to $90 per successful referral