AI Security Analyst
Mercor
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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.
Position: AI Red-TeamerType: Full-time or Part-timeCompensation: $50–$111/hourLocation: Remote-friendly (US time zones); Geography restricted to US, UK, Canada
Role Responsibilities
- Red-team AI models and agents through jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and exploits.
- 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 to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases for customers.
- Flex across projects to support different customers from LLM jailbreaks to socio-technical abuse testing.
Qualifications
Must-Have:
- Prior red-teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Curiosity and adversarial instinct to push systems to breaking points.
- Structured approach using frameworks or benchmarks.
- Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability to thrive across various projects and customers.
Preferred:
- Experience with Adversarial ML, including jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, and model extraction.
- Cybersecurity skills in penetration testing, exploit development, and reverse engineering.
- Understanding of socio-technical risk, including harassment/disinfo probing and abuse analysis.
- Creative probing skills in psychology, acting, or writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.
Compensation & Legal
Hourly contractor. Compensation varies by project, customer, and content category.
Application Process & Resources
Upload resume, AI interview based on your resume, then submit form. For details about the interview process and additional platform information, please visit this link. For any help or support, reach out to support@mercor.com.
Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Key skills/competency
- Red-teaming
- Cybersecurity
- Adversarial ML
- Prompt Injection
- Risk Analysis
- Frameworks
- Documentation
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Testing
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's culture: Study their mission, recent news, and investor insights.
- Customize your resume: Highlight related AI and cybersecurity experience.
- Follow application instructions: Complete AI interview and form accurately.
- Prepare examples: Showcase red-teaming and adversarial work experience.
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