AI Safety Specialist - Bilingual

Mercor · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Experience1–2 yrs
  • SalaryDisclosed
  • Work moderemote
  • Posted28 Sept 2026
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About Mercor

Mercor is hiring in Mumbai Metropolitan Region in technology software. This role looks for around 1+ years of experience.

Skills

  • English
  • Malayalam
  • adversarial machine learning
  • penetration testing
  • cybersecurity
  • socio-technical risk analysis

The role

An AI safety specialist at an artificial intelligence research marketplace red-teams conversational AI models and agents using adversarial machine learning and cybersecurity, and evaluates language and content accuracy. The specialist applies penetration testing and socio-technical risk analysis to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and systemic vulnerabilities.

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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 & 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.

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