AI Red-Team Specialist
Mercor
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Job Description
About 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: AI Red-Team Specialist
This role is available as Full-time or Part-time Contract Work, with a compensation of $50/hour and a commitment of 20+ hours/week. The position is fully remote.
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
Hourly contractor, 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/welcomeFor 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
- Cybersecurity
- Vulnerability Analysis
- Data Annotation
- Technical Documentation
- Conversational AI
- Risk Assessment
- Bilingual (English/French)
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's mission: Study their focus on connecting talent with AI research and their top-tier investors.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight experience in AI adversarial work, red teaming, and cybersecurity relevant to Mercor.
- Master the AI interview: Prepare for Mercor's AI interview by practicing explaining technical risks clearly.
- Showcase bilingual fluency: Emphasize native-level English and French, a key qualification for Mercor's AI Red-Team Specialist role.
- Demonstrate problem-solving: Be ready to discuss how you've identified and documented AI vulnerabilities.
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