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 work on conversational AI models and agents, focusing on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.

What You Will Do

Generate high-quality human data, annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks. Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing. Document reproducibly and produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance. You will also have the opportunity to adapt and thrive across various projects and customers.

Requirements

  • Fluent in English & Norwegian
  • Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing
  • Strong communication skills to explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability to adapt and thrive across various projects and customers
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