AI Security 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 Security Specialist
This is a Full-time or Part-time Contract Work opportunity with compensation at $50/hour, offered remotely with a commitment of 20+ hours/week.
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 maintain 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
- Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Native-level fluency in English and Chinese (Mandarin).
- Strong communication skills to explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to thrive on moving across projects and customers.
Preferred
- Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
- Background in Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
- Expertise in socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
- Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.
Compensation & Legal
This is an hourly contractor role, paid weekly via Stripe Connect.
Application Process
The application process takes 20–30 minutes to complete and includes the following steps:
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome. For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com.
PS: Mercor's 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 Machine Learning
- Prompt Injection
- Jailbreak Detection
- Cybersecurity
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Risk Analysis
- Conversational AI Testing
- Mandarin Fluency
- Technical Communication
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's mission: Study their focus on connecting elite talent with leading AI research labs and their influential investors.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight specific experience in AI red teaming, cybersecurity, adversarial ML, or socio-technical probing.
- Master the AI interview: Prepare for Mercor's AI-driven assessment, showcasing expertise in AI security concepts and strong communication.
- Emphasize language fluency: Clearly demonstrate native-level proficiency in both English and Chinese Mandarin, a key requirement.
- Showcase independent work: Provide examples of successfully completed self-directed projects and effective asynchronous collaboration.
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