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 Red-Teamer

Type: Full-time or Part-time

Compensation: $54–$111/hour

Location: Remote-friendly (US time zones); Geography restricted to US, UK, Canada

Role Responsibilities

Red-team AI models and agents by exploring jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and exploits.
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 by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
Flex across projects to support different customers, from LLM jailbreaks to socio-technical abuse testing.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Prior red-teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
Curiosity and adversarial mindset to instinctively push systems to breaking points.
Structured approach using frameworks or benchmarks.
Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Adaptability to thrive on moving across projects and customers.

Preferred

Specialties in Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, or socio-technical risk.
Experience with jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, and model extraction.
Skills in penetration testing, exploit development, and reverse engineering.
Creative probing skills in psychology, acting, or writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

Compensation & Legal

The pay rate for this role may vary by project, customer, and content category. Compensation will align with the level of expertise required, the sensitivity of the material, and the scope of work for each engagement.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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Resources & Support

For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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