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.
Position Overview
We are seeking an AI Red Team Specialist for contract work, available full-time or part-time, committing 20+ hours per week. This role is fully remote, offering a compensation of $50/hour.
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 structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to ensure consistent testing.
- Document reproducibly by producing 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 Italian with native-level fluency.
- Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
- Experience in Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, or socio-technical risk analysis.
- Skills in jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, or model extraction.
Compensation & Legal
This is an hourly contractor position, paid weekly via Stripe Connect.
Application Process
The application process takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete:
- Upload resume
- Complete an AI interview based on your resume
- Submit the form
Our team reviews applications daily. Please ensure all steps, including the AI interview, are completed for consideration.
Resources & Support
For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: talent.docs.mercor.com. For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com.
Key skills/competency
- AI Red Teaming
- Adversarial Machine Learning
- Cybersecurity
- Prompt Injection
- Bias Exploitation
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Data Annotation
- Risk Analysis
- Technical Documentation
- Asynchronous Work
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and high-profile investors like Benchmark and Peter Thiel.
- Tailor your resume effectively: Highlight specific AI red teaming, adversarial ML, or cybersecurity experiences to Mercor's needs.
- Prepare for the AI interview: Practice articulating complex AI risks clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Showcase language proficiency: Emphasize your native-level fluency in both English and Italian throughout your application.
- Demonstrate independent work: Provide examples of successful asynchronous project completion and effective time management.
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