First seen by our source: 20 days ago
AI Safety Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $22/hr
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring an AI Safety Specialist on a remote contract paying $20 to $22 per hour. The work is red teaming conversational AI models and agents for jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse and bias, and documenting findings as reproducible reports and datasets. Fluency in English and Assamese is required.
Pay:
$20–$22 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Red team conversational AI models and agents for jailbreaks and prompt injections
- Annotate failures and classify vulnerabilities and systemic risks
- Follow taxonomies, benchmarks and playbooks for consistent testing
- Produce reproducible reports, datasets and attack cases
Requirements summary:
- Fluent in English and Assamese
- Prior red teaming, AI adversarial or cybersecurity experience
- Explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Adaptable 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 | Software development |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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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 & Assamese
Type: Contract
Compensation: $20–$22/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Red team conversational AI models and agents, focusing on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.
- Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
- Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
- Document reproducibly to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
- Uncover vulnerabilities that automated tests miss and deliver reproducible artifacts to strengthen customer AI systems.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Fluent in English and Assamese.
- Prior experience in red teaming, AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Ability to explain risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability to move across projects and customers.
Preferred
- Experience in Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, or socio-technical risk analysis.
- Skills in creative probing, including psychology, acting, or 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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