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Job Description
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: Red Team Specialist
Type: Full-time or Part-time Contract Work Compensation: $50/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 20+ hours/week
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/welcome For 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
- Red Team Specialist
- AI Security
- Vulnerability Analysis
- Cybersecurity
- Prompt Engineering
- Adversarial ML
- Risk Assessment
- Penetration Testing
- Socio-technical Probing
- Communication Skills
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Tailor your resume: Highlight red teaming, AI security, and your fluency in English and French.
- Prepare for AI interview: Be ready to discuss your experience with AI adversarial work and cybersecurity.
- Showcase creative probing skills: Emphasize any background in psychology, acting, or writing if applicable.
- Complete the application promptly: Submit your resume and complete the AI interview process quickly.
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