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Mercor

AI Safety Red Teamer

Mercor

. Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models .

Posted 9/18/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $70 - $84 per hourWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in AI Safety and Red Teaming, with a strong focus on designing adversarial prompts and evaluating AI model robustness across sensitive domains. Proficient in analytical reasoning and written communication, contributing to safety benchmarking and collaborative AI research.

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AI SafetyAdversarial Prompt DesignAI Red TeamingAnalytical ReasoningWritten Communication

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Hard Skills
Adversarial EvaluationPrompt EngineeringModel Robustness EvaluationSafety BenchmarkingJailbreak TestingTrust & SafetyInvestigative JournalismCybersecurityAI AlignmentRLHF
Soft Skills
CollaborationAnalytical Thinking
Industry Keywords
CyberBiosecurityPolitical ContentMisinformationLife SciencesPublic PolicySafetyFraud

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design adversarial prompts to stress-test frontier AI models
  • Identify jailbreaks, unsafe behaviours, hallucinations, and policy failures
  • Evaluate model robustness across misinformation, cyber, biosecurity, fraud, political content, and other sensitive domains
  • Document vulnerabilities and contribute to safety benchmarking and red-teaming reports
  • Collaborate with AI researchers to improve model alignment, robustness, and safety
  • Work on projects focused on training and enhancing AI systems

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Public Policy, or a related discipline
  • 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety, AI Red Teaming, Trust & Safety, cybersecurity, investigative journalism, life sciences, or a related field
  • Strong analytical reasoning, prompt design, and written communication skills
  • Experience designing adversarial prompts or evaluating frontier AI systems
  • Preferred: experience with AI Red Teaming, RLHF, SFT, AI Alignment, or Trust & Safety
  • Preferred: familiarity with jailbreak testing, prompt engineering, or adversarial evaluation methodologies
  • Preferred: expertise in one or more grey-area domains, including cyber, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety
  • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time
  • Independent contractor engagement

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Fully remote role
  • Flexible schedule / work on your own schedule
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
  • Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
  • Competitive pay
  • Collaboration with leading researchers and safety teams
  • Opportunity to influence next-generation frontier AI systems
  • Referral program offering up to $340 per successful referral