AI Safety Expert - Red Team

Mercor · India

  • Experience2–5 yrs
  • SalaryDisclosed
  • Work moderemote
  • Levelmid
  • Posted17 Sept 2026
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About Mercor

Mercor is hiring in India in technology software. This role looks for around 2+ years of experience.

Skills

  • English
  • Assamese
  • adversarial machine learning
  • prompt injection
  • jailbreak testing
  • misuse analysis
  • bias analysis
  • vulnerability assessment
  • AI safety
  • quality standards

The role

An AI safety specialist at an AI research marketplace red-teams conversational AI models through adversarial machine learning, prompt injection, and penetration testing, then produces reproducible attack cases and vulnerability analyses. Expertise includes cybersecurity and socio-technical risk assessment for language and content systems.

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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 & Assamese

Type: Contract

Compensation: $16–$22/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.Apply structure by following 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 to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Native fluency in English and Assamese.Strong judgment about language and content accuracy.Rigorous attention to subtle errors and inconsistencies.Structured approach to guidelines and quality standards.Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences.Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.

Preferred

Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks.Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.Knowledge of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis.Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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Resources & Support

For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcomeFor any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

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