AI Safety Expert – English, Portuguese

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

Posted 10/14/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $29 - $45 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 systemic risks. Proficient in producing reproducible reports and datasets while effectively communicating risks to diverse stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Red Teaming ExperienceAdversarial Machine LearningCybersecurity ProbingFrameworks and TaxonomiesBilingual in English and Portuguese

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Hard Skills

Vulnerability IdentificationPrompt Injection TechniquesBias ExploitationMulti-Turn ManipulationSystematic Risk Analysis

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

Testing PlaybooksBenchmarks

Industry Keywords

AI Adversarial WorkSocio-Technical Risk

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
Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks
Follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent
Produce reproducible reports, datasets, and attack cases for customers
Identify vulnerabilities that automated tests miss
Expand evaluation coverage and reduce surprises in production

Requirements

What you’ll need

Native fluency in English and Portuguese (global, excluding Brazilian Portuguese)
Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing
Ability to probe AI systems adversarially and push systems to breaking points
Ability to use frameworks, taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks
Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Adaptability across projects and customers
H1-B or STEM OPT candidates are not supported
Nice-to-have specialties: adversarial ML, cybersecurity, socio-technical risk, or creative probing

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote role
Work on your own schedule
Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
Higher-sensitivity project participation is optional
Clear guidelines and wellness resources for sensitive-content projects
Opportunity to build experience in human data-driven AI red teaming at the frontier of safety
Direct role in making AI systems more robust, safe, and trustworthy
Referral payments of up to $180 for each successful referral, subject to limits