AI Red Team Specialist - Remote

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: AI Safety Experts — English & Punjabi
Type:
Contract
Compensation: $16–$22/hour

Location:

Remote

• Red team conversational AI models and agents. Perform jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation.
• Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.
• Apply structure. Follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent.
• Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases customers can act on.
• Work independently and asynchronously. Ensure flexible hours and meet deadlines.

• Fluent in English & Punjabi . Native fluent required.
• Strong judgment about language and content.
• Rigorous attention to detail. Notice subtle errors and inconsistencies.
• Structured approach. Consistently follow guidelines and quality standards.
• Effective communication skills. Explain reasoning clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Adaptability. Thrive across projects, task types, and customers.

• Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
• Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
• Socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
• Creative probing: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.