Information System Security Engineer
Mercor
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Job Description
About The Role 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.
This contract position for an Information System Security Engineer involves leveraging your technical expertise to contribute to AI development by authoring, reviewing, and evaluating AI-generated content across various technology domains.
Role Responsibilities
- Author realistic technology prompts in software engineering, IT, systems architecture, cybersecurity, data systems, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
- Review and revise AI-generated responses for technical accuracy, feasibility, clarity, and adherence to industry best practices.
- Write high-quality human-authored “gold” responses for complex debugging scenarios, architectural trade-offs, or implementation challenges.
- Create controlled prompt variations to test subtle differences in constraints, environments, performance requirements, or system assumptions.
- Evaluate outputs across different tones and instruction constraints.
- Identify model failure cases involving logical errors, incorrect implementation details, security oversights, or unrealistic system designs.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related field (or equivalent professional experience).
- 2+ years of professional work experience in software development, systems engineering, IT, cybersecurity, data engineering, or a related technology role.
- Active professional familiarity with technology practice in at least one of the following languages: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, German, Arabic, Thai, Tamil, or Hindi.
- Strong understanding of industry standards, development workflows, and technical documentation practices within your linguistic and cultural context.
- Excellent analytical and written communication skills in the target language.
- Ability to exercise careful, technically rigorous editorial judgment.
Application Process
The application process takes approximately 20–30 minutes to complete:
- Submit your resume to get started.
- Complete a short form outlining your technical background, areas of specialization, and language proficiency.
- Mercor aims to follow up within a few days with next steps.
Resources & Support
For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
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
- AI Prompt Engineering
- Cybersecurity Expertise
- Technical Content Evaluation
- Software Development Principles
- Systems Architecture Analysis
- Data Systems Knowledge
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Networking Fundamentals
- Multilingual Technical Communication
- Industry Best Practices
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Customize your resume to highlight experience in cybersecurity, prompt engineering, and the specified technical domains, emphasizing linguistic proficiency.
- Showcase technical rigor: Prepare to demonstrate your analytical skills, technical accuracy, and ability to provide precise editorial judgment during the AI interview.
- Highlight linguistic proficiency: Clearly state your fluency in one of the required languages and how it applies to technical contexts for this Information System Security Engineer role.
- Understand AI evaluation: Familiarize yourself with principles of evaluating AI model outputs for logic, implementation, and security flaws.
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