AI Red Team Specialist
Mercor
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Job Description
About The Job
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.
This is a challenging and impactful opportunity for an AI Red Team Specialist to join Mercor. You will be instrumental in identifying and mitigating risks within cutting-edge conversational AI models.
Role Responsibilities
- Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.
- Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
- Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
- Document 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
- Native-level fluency in English and French.
- Prior experience in red teaming, AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to thrive on moving across projects and customers.
Preferred
- Experience with Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, and socio-technical risk analysis.
- Skills in penetration testing, exploit development, and reverse engineering.
- Background in creative probing such as psychology, acting, or writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.
Compensation & Legal
This is an hourly contractor position, paid weekly via Stripe Connect.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Key skills/competency
- AI Red Teaming
- Adversarial AI
- Prompt Injection
- Jailbreak Detection
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Risk Analysis
- Data Annotation
- Cybersecurity
- Asynchronous Work
- Technical Documentation
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's mission: Study their focus on connecting talent with AI research labs and their strong investor backing.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight specific experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Prepare for the AI interview: Practice articulating complex AI risks clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Showcase creative problem-solving: Emphasize your ability to identify and exploit AI jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.
- Demonstrate remote work proficiency: Discuss experiences thriving independently and managing asynchronous projects effectively.
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