AI Adversarial Specialist - Fully Remote · Upto $62/hr

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 & Finnish
• Type: Contract
• Compensation: $48–$62/hour
• Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
• Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
• Apply structured approaches using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to ensure consistent testing.
• Document findings reproducibly to 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 Fluent in English and Finnish.
• Must-Have Prior experience in red teaming, AI adversarial work , cybersecurity , or socio-technical probing.
• Must-Have Ability to communicate risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Preferred Experience with Adversarial ML , including jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, and model extraction.
• Preferred Background in Cybersecurity , such as penetration testing and exploit development.
• Preferred Expertise in socio-technical risk, including harassment/disinfo probing and abuse analysis.