AI Safety Specialist - Bilingual

Mercor · India

  • Experience0–1 yrs
  • SalaryDisclosed
  • Work moderemote
  • Levelfresher
  • Posted18 Sept 2026
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About Mercor

Mercor is hiring in India in technology software. This role looks for around 0+ years of experience.

Skills

  • English
  • Malayalam
  • Jailbreak Testing
  • Prompt Injection Testing
  • Conversational AI Testing
  • Vulnerability Classification
  • AI Safety Taxonomies
  • AI Safety Benchmarks
  • AI Safety Playbooks
  • Socio-Technical Risk Analysis

The role

A trust and safety specialist at an AI research marketplace identifies jailbreaks and prompt injections, annotates model failures, and applies adversarial machine learning and penetration testing to conversational AI. The role also uses English and Malayalam fluency to classify vulnerabilities and assess socio-technical risks.

Full job description

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 & Malayalam

Type: Contract

Compensation: $16–$22/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.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 Language Skills Required: English & Malayalam. Native fluency in English and Malayalam is required.Strong judgment about language and content accuracy.Rigorous attention to detail and ability to notice subtle errors.Structured approach to work following guidelines and quality standards.Clear communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers.

Preferred

Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.Understanding of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.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

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

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