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Mercor

AI Safety Red Teamer

Mercor

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

Posted 10/14/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $70 - $84 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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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. Possesses strong analytical reasoning and written communication skills essential for documenting vulnerabilities and contributing to safety benchmarking.

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AI SafetyAdversarial Prompt DesignModel EvaluationAnalytical ReasoningWritten Communication

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Hard Skills
Adversarial Prompt DesignAI Model EvaluationCybersecurityInvestigative JournalismTrust & SafetyAnalytical ReasoningSafety BenchmarkingRed-TeamingRobustness EvaluationPolicy Analysis
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunication
Industry Keywords
AI SafetyCybersecurityLife SciencesMisinformationFraudPolitical ContentBiosecurityModel AlignmentVulnerability DocumentationSensitive Domains

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
  • Must be located in one of: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United States, Kosovo
  • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
  • Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
  • Competitive pay
  • Collaboration with leading AI researchers and safety teams
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request
  • Referral opportunity offering up to $340 for each successful referral, subject to limits