AI Safety Expert - Red Team

Mercor
San Francisco, CA
Job Description
Role Overview

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. As an AI Safety Expert - Red Team, you will be responsible for red teaming conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.

What You Will Do

Your responsibilities will include generating high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks. You will also apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to ensure consistent testing.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires native fluency in English and Urdu, prior experience in red teaming (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing), and the ability to explain risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Native fluency in English and Urdu
  • Prior experience in red teaming (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing)
  • Ability to explain risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
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