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Mercor

AI Safety Expert – English, Telugu

Mercor

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

Posted 9/21/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $16 - $22 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in evaluating and enhancing the safety and robustness of AI systems through red-teaming techniques, while effectively communicating findings to diverse audiences. Proficient in generating actionable reports and datasets that address vulnerabilities and systemic risks in conversational AI.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Fluent Language SkillsAdversarial MLCybersecurityBias ExploitationSystemic Risk Assessment

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Hard Skills
Red-Team TechniquesPrompt Injection AnalysisFailure AnnotationVulnerability ClassificationReport ProductionDataset GenerationMulti-Turn ManipulationQuality Standards AdherenceTaxonomy ApplicationBenchmarking
Soft Skills
Strong JudgmentAttention to DetailClear CommunicationAdaptabilityIndependent Work
Industry Keywords
Conversational AIMisinformationHarmful BehaviorsSocio-Technical RiskCreative Probing

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 keep testing consistent
  • Produce reproducible reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on
  • Review AI outputs involving sensitive topics such as bias, misinformation, or harmful behaviors
  • Help expand evaluation coverage and strengthen the safety, robustness, and trustworthiness of AI systems

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Fluent language skills required: English and Telugu
  • Native fluency in English and Telugu is required
  • Strong judgment about language and content; ability to assess whether AI responses are accurate, complete, and appropriate, and explain why
  • Ability to notice subtle errors, inconsistencies, and gaps
  • Ability to work consistently to guidelines and quality standards
  • Ability to explain reasoning clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers
  • Independent contractor engagement
  • Must not be an H1-B or STEM OPT candidate
  • Nice-to-have specialties: adversarial ML, cybersecurity, socio-technical risk, or creative probing

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule
  • Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
  • Higher-sensitivity projects are optional
  • Clear guidelines and wellness resources for higher-sensitivity projects
  • Competitive pay
  • Collaborate with leading researchers
  • Referral opportunity to earn up to $90 per successful referral