AI Safety Specialist - Red Teaming | Upto $80/hr Remote

Mercor
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Human Resources
Canada
Hiring from: Canada
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 Specialist

Type: Contract

Compensation: $80/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Safety Team to design and execute custom red-teaming exercises and training programs.
  • Conduct targeted adversarial testing across technical, social, and multimodal domains.
  • Develop attack scenarios and evaluation frameworks aligned with frontier model safety objectives.
  • Document findings clearly, with both technical detail and executive-level summaries.
  • Contribute to ongoing research on AI risk, alignment, and adversarial resilience.
  • Support special projects, pilots, and rapid-response evaluations as needed.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Proven experience in red-teaming, adversarial ML, cybersecurity, or related fields.
  • Strong understanding of AI safety challenges and frontier model risks.
  • Ability to think creatively and systematically about adversarial threats.
  • Excellent communication skills; capable of writing clear, structured reports.
  • Flexible, adaptive mindset; comfortable with exploratory, project-based work.

Preferred

  • Prior experience working with LLMs or multimodal AI systems.
  • Knowledge of AI alignment, bias/fairness, misinformation, and security risks.
  • Background in both technical exploits and social/psychological attack vectors.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently on open-ended problems.

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: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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