First seen by our source: 19 days ago
AI Red Team Specialist - Remote | Up to $22/hr
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract AI Red Team Specialist paid $16 to $22 per hour, for English and Punjabi work. The role red-teams conversational AI models and agents through jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases and multi-turn manipulation, then documents findings. Native fluency in English and Punjabi is required, and the work is independent and asynchronous.
Pay:
$16–$22 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Red team conversational AI models and agents
- Annotate failures and classify vulnerabilities
- Follow taxonomies, benchmarks and playbooks
- Produce reproducible reports and attack cases
- Work independently and asynchronously
Requirements summary:
- Native fluency in English and Punjabi
- Strong judgment about language and content
- Rigorous attention to detail
- Structured approach to guidelines
- Effective communication with technical and non-technical audiences
- Adaptability across projects and customers
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- 2026-10-18
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- 2026-10-18
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Job details
| Department | IT |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English, Punjabi |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
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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 & Punjabi
Type: Contract
Compensation: $16–$22/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Red team conversational AI models and agents. Perform jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation.
- Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.
- Apply structure. Follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent.
- Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases customers can act on.
- Work independently and asynchronously. Ensure flexible hours and meet deadlines.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Fluent in English & Punjabi. Native fluency required.
- Strong judgment about language and content.
- Rigorous attention to detail. Notice subtle errors and inconsistencies.
- Structured approach. Consistently follow guidelines and quality standards.
- Effective communication skills. Explain reasoning clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Adaptability. Thrive across projects, task types, and customers.
Preferred
- Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
- Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
- Socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
- Creative probing: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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