First seen by our source: 19 days ago
AI Safety Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $45/hr
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a contract AI Safety Specialist to red team conversational AI models and agents for leading AI research labs. The role is fully remote, pays $29 to $45 per hour, and requires native English and Portuguese fluency.
Pay:
$29–$45 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Red team conversational AI models and agents
- Generate and annotate high-quality human data
- Apply taxonomies, benchmarks and playbooks
- Document reproducible tests and attack cases
- Work independently and asynchronously
Requirements summary:
- Native fluency in English and Portuguese, excluding Brazilian Portuguese
- Prior red teaming experience in AI, cybersecurity or socio-technical probing
- Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Adversarial ML experience (preferred)
- Cybersecurity skills (preferred)
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-18
- Source record updated
- 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, Portuguese |
| Perks mentioned | Wellness |
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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 & Portuguese (global)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $29–$45/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on 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 using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
- Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
- Work independently and asynchronously. Participate in optional higher-sensitivity projects with clear guidelines and wellness resources.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Native fluency in English and Portuguese (global, excluding Brazilian Portuguese).
- Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
- Strong communication skills to explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
- Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
- Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
- Socio-technical risk expertise: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
- 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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