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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in AI Safety and Red Teaming, with a strong focus on adversarial prompt design and evaluation of AI model robustness across sensitive domains. Proficient in analytical reasoning and written communication, contributing to safety benchmarking and collaboration with AI researchers.
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AI SafetyAdversarial Prompt DesignAI Red TeamingAnalytical ReasoningTrust & Safety
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Hard Skills
Adversarial EvaluationPrompt EngineeringModel AlignmentRobustness EvaluationCybersecurityInvestigative JournalismLife SciencesPolicy AnalysisMisinformation AnalysisFraud Detection
Soft Skills
Written CommunicationCollaboration
Industry Keywords
CyberBiosecurityPolitical ContentScientific SafetyGrey-Area DomainsSafety BenchmarkingRed-Teaming ReportsSensitive DomainsRLHFSFT
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCyber 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
- Perform project work for Mercor's partner AI labs and enterprises 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 grey-area domains such as cyber, biosecurity, political content, misinformation, or scientific safety preferred
- Must be eligible to work in one of the listed locations
- Mercor cannot support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time
Benefits
Comp & perks- Fully remote work arrangement
- Flexible schedule; work can be completed on your own schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
- Competitive pay
- Collaboration with leading AI researchers and safety teams
- Opportunity to influence frontier AI safety and model development
- Up to $340 per successful referral, subject to referral limits
- Reasonable accommodations upon request