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AI Safety Expert - Red Teamer

@ Mercor

Toronto, Ontario

$20–$22/hr
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Overview

Mercor is hiring an AI Safety Expert for English and Bengali, a remote contract role paying $20 to $22 per hour. The work is red teaming conversational AI models and agents, covering jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases and bias exploitation, and documenting failures and vulnerabilities. Applicants must be fluent in English and Bengali and have prior red teaming or adversarial experience.

Pay:

$20–$22 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Red team conversational AI models and agents
  • Annotate failures and classify vulnerabilities
  • Apply taxonomies, benchmarks and playbooks
  • Document tests in reproducible reports and datasets
  • Review AI outputs on sensitive topics

Requirements summary:

  • Fluent in English and Bengali
  • Prior red teaming or adversarial AI experience
  • Clear risk communication to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience with adversarial ML or cybersecurity preferred
  • Creative probing skills preferred

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DepartmentIT
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingHome
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish, Bengali

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Mercor

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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

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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
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  • Mercor
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Reported total investment
483,600,000

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Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

FieldValue
IndustrySoftware Development
Company size51-200 employees
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2023
Open jobs on Jobsy1,626
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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 & Bengali
Type: Contract
Compensation: $20–$22/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
  • Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.
  • Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
  • Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.
  • Review AI outputs on sensitive topics like bias and misinformation. Participation in higher-sensitivity projects is optional and supported by guidelines.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Fluent in English and Bengali.
  • Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
  • Ability to communicate risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

  • Experience with Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, and socio-technical risk analysis.
  • Creative probing skills in psychology, acting, or 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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