AI Safety Expert - Adversarial ML

Mercor · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Experience2–5 yrs
  • SalaryDisclosed
  • Work moderemote
  • Levelmid
  • Posted20 Sept 2026
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About Mercor

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

Skills

  • English
  • Odia
  • Adversarial ML
  • Prompt injection
  • RLHF/DPO attacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Penetration testing
  • Exploit development
  • Reverse engineering
  • Socio-technical risk
  • Conversational AI testing
  • Psychology
  • Acting
  • Writing

The role

An AI safety expert at an artificial intelligence research marketplace red-teams conversational AI models through adversarial machine learning and prompt injection testing, then produces reproducible attack cases and vulnerability datasets using cybersecurity practices.

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 & Odia

Type: Contract

Compensation: $16–$22/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

Red team conversational AI models and agents. Conduct jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.Apply structure. Follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to ensure consistent testing.Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.Work independently and asynchronously. Thrive in flexible hours while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Native fluency in English and Odia.Strong judgment about language and content.Rigorous attention to detail and consistency.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, model extraction.Background in Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.Knowledge of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

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