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 & Portuguese (global) Type: Contract Compensation: $29–$45/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation. Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks. Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing. Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on. Work independently and asynchronously. Participate in optional higher-sensitivity projects with clear guidelines and wellness resources. Qualifications Must-Have Native fluency in English and Portuguese (global, excluding Brazilian Portuguese). 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 in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction. Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering. Socio-technical risk expertise: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing. Creative probing skills in psychology, acting, or writing for 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: [email protected] PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. ,

The role involves red teaming conversational AI models to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and systemic risks. Experts will generate high-quality human data, annotate failures, and produce actionable reports and datasets for customers.

Candidates must have native fluency in English and Portuguese (excluding Brazilian) and prior experience in AI adversarial work or cybersecurity. Preferred qualifications include expertise in Adversarial ML, penetration testing, and socio-technical risk analysis.

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• Red Teaming
• AI Safety
• Adversarial Machine Learning
• Prompt Injection
• Jailbreaking
• Cybersecurity
• Penetration Testing
• Portuguese Fluency
• English Fluency
• Socio-technical Probing
• RLHF
• DPO Attacks
• Vulnerability Classification
• Reverse Engineering
• Exploit Development

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

Minimum experience

2+ years

Apply by

Sep 18, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week

Location requirements

Country, Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

Seniority

Not Applicable