Mercor

AI Adversarial Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $62/hr

Remote, United States remote Entry $48 - $62
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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 & Finnish
Type:Contract
Compensation:$48–$62/hour
Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities

Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.

Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.

Apply structured approaches using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to ensure consistent testing.

Document findings reproducibly to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.

Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Fluent in English and Finnish.

Prior experience in red teaming, AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.

Ability to communicate risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

Experience with Adversarial ML, including jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, and model extraction.

Background in Cybersecurity, such as penetration testing and exploit development.

Expertise in socio-technical risk, including harassment/disinfo probing and abuse analysis.

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