Red Team 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.
About The Role
As a Red Team Specialist, you will be instrumental in red teaming conversational AI models and agents by conducting jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation. You will generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks. This role requires you to apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing, and to document your work reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on. You will work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while continuously improving AI model performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Native-level fluency in English & Arabic.
- Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
- Experience in Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, or Socio-technical risk.
- Skills in Creative probing such as psychology, acting, or writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.
Compensation & Legal
This is an hourly contractor position, paid weekly. Compensation is $32/hour.
Application Process
The application process takes approximately 20–30 minutes to complete:
- Upload resume
- Complete an AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
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
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
- Prompt Injection
- Jailbreaking
- Bias Exploitation
- Vulnerability Classification
- Adversarial ML
- Cybersecurity
- Socio-technical Probing
- Technical Reporting
- Asynchronous Work
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: Emphasize prior experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, and strong communication skills.
- Prepare for the AI interview: Practice articulating your red teaming experience and creative probing abilities.
- Highlight language proficiency: Showcase your native-level fluency in both English and Arabic.
- Demonstrate independence: Provide examples of successful asynchronous work and meeting deadlines.
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