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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: Bilingual Adversarial AI Specialist
Type: Full-time or Part-time Contract WorkCompensation: $26/hourLocation: RemoteCommitment: Flexible hours
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 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
- Native-level fluency in English and Spanish.
- Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Structured approach using frameworks or benchmarks.
- Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability 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
Hourly contractor, Paid weekly.
Application Process
- 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 ML
- Prompt Injection
- Jailbreaking
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Data Annotation
- Risk Analysis
- Conversational AI Testing
- Cybersecurity Probing
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's mission: Study their focus on connecting talent with leading AI research labs and their investor backing.
- Tailor your resume: Emphasize experience in adversarial AI, red teaming, and native English/Spanish fluency for Mercor.
- Prepare for the AI interview: Practice explaining complex technical concepts clearly, focusing on identifying AI vulnerabilities.
- Showcase adversarial thinking: Highlight experience with jailbreaks, prompt injections, or socio-technical probing.
- Demonstrate adaptability and independence: Discuss examples of working asynchronously and thriving on diverse projects.
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