AI Safety Red Teamer

Mercor

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

Posted 10/13/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $70 - $84 per hourWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in AI Safety, Red Teaming, and Trust & Safety, with a strong focus on adversarial prompt design and evaluation of AI systems. Possesses analytical reasoning and written communication skills essential for documenting vulnerabilities and collaborating with researchers.

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AI SafetyAdversarial Prompt DesignAI Red TeamingTrust & SafetyAnalytical Reasoning

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Hard Skills

Adversarial Prompt DesignAI Red TeamingEvaluating Frontier AI SystemsPrompt EngineeringAnalytical Reasoning

Soft Skills

Written CommunicationCollaboration

Industry Keywords

CybersecurityMisinformationBiosecurityPolitical ContentScientific Safety

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
Help secure and strengthen the next generation of frontier AI models
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
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 preferred
Must be unable to require H1-B or STEM OPT sponsorship; Mercor is unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates

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
Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
Opportunity to work alongside leading AI researchers and safety teams
Opportunity to influence how AI systems respond to complex, real-world safety challenges
Reasonable accommodations available upon request
Referral payments of up to $340 for each successful referral, subject to limits