AI Red-Team Engineer Remote

<p><strong>About the job</strong></p><p><strong>Mercor</strong>connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include<strong>Benchmark</strong>,<strong>General Catalyst</strong>,<strong>Peter Thiel</strong>,<strong>Adam D'Angelo</strong>,<strong>Larry Summers</strong>, and<strong>Jack Dorsey</strong>.</p><p><strong>Position:</strong>Red Team Specialist<br/><strong>Type:</strong><strong>Full-time or Part-time Contract Work</strong><br/><strong>Compensation:</strong><strong>$32/hour</strong><br/><strong>Location:</strong><strong>Remote</strong>(Geography restricted to USA, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE)</p><p><strong>Role Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Red team conversational<strong>AI models</strong>and agents by conducting jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.</li><li>Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.</li><li>Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.</li><li>Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.</li><li>Work<strong>independently and asynchronously</strong>to meet deadlines while improving<strong>AI model performance</strong>.</li></ul><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><p><strong>Must-Have</strong></p><ul><li>Native-level fluency in<strong>English</strong>&<strong>Arabic</strong>.</li><li>Prior red teaming experience in<strong>AI adversarial work</strong>, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.</li><li>Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li></ul><p><strong>Preferred</strong></p><ul><li>Experience in<strong>Adversarial ML</strong>,<strong>Cybersecurity</strong>, or<strong>Socio-technical risk</strong>.</li><li>Skills in<strong>Creative probing</strong>such as psychology, acting, or writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.</li></ul><p><strong>Compensation&Legal</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Hourly contractor</strong>,<strong>Paid weekly</strong>.</li></ul><p><strong>Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)</strong></p><ul><li>Upload resume</li><li>AI interview based on your resume</li><li>Submit form</li></ul><p><strong>Resources&Support</strong></p><ul><li>For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome</li><li>For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com</li></ul><p><em>PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.</em></p>#J-18808-Ljbffr