AI Red Team Specialist
Mercor
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Job Description
AI Red Team Specialist at Mercor
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 position is for an AI Red Team Specialist, available as full-time or part-time contract work. It offers a compensation of $50 per hour and is fully remote, requiring a commitment of 20+ hours per week.
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, with weekly payments processed via Stripe Connect.
Application Process
The application process typically takes 20-30 minutes 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
- Cybersecurity
- Prompt Injection
- Adversarial ML
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Data Annotation
- Risk Analysis
- French Fluency
- Technical Communication
- Independent Work
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and investor backing from Benchmark and Peter Thiel.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight specific experience in AI red teaming, cybersecurity, adversarial ML, and socio-technical probing.
- Prepare for the AI interview: Practice articulating complex technical risks clearly, suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Showcase language proficiency: Emphasize your native-level fluency in both English and French throughout your application.
- Demonstrate remote work capability: Provide examples of successful independent and asynchronous work to meet deadlines.
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