AI Safety Expert - Red Team

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: AI Safety Experts — English & Swedish Type: Contract Compensation: $48–$62/hour Location: Remote 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 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 Fluent in English and Swedish. Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing. Strong communication skills to explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Preferred Experience with Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, and Socio-technical risk. Skills in Creative probing such as psychology, acting, or unconventional adversarial thinking. 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 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. ,

Red team conversational AI models to identify vulnerabilities such as jailbreaks, prompt injections, and bias. Generate high-quality human data and reproducible reports to improve AI model performance and safety.

Candidates must be fluent in English and Swedish with prior experience in AI adversarial work or cybersecurity. Preferred qualifications include expertise in Adversarial ML and creative probing techniques.

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• Red Teaming
• AI Safety
• Adversarial ML
• Cybersecurity
• Socio-technical Probing
• English Fluency
• Swedish Fluency
• Prompt Injection Identification
• Jailbreaking
• Data Annotation
• Risk Documentation
• Bias Exploitation

• Security & Safety
• Software
• Science & Research
• Technology
• Data & Analytics

Minimum experience

2+ years

Apply by

Aug 30, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week

Location requirements

Country, Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

Seniority

Not Applicable