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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: Red Team Data Expert
Type: Full-time or Part-time Contract Work
Compensation: $32/hour
Location: Remote; Geography restricted to USA, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Role Responsibilities
Red team conversational AI models and agents. Conduct 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. Follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent.
Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases customers can act on.
Work independently and asynchronously. Ensure flexible hours while improving AI model performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
Fluent in English & Arabic. Native-level fluency required.
Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
Strong communication skills. Explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Adaptable. Thrive on moving across projects and customers.
Preferred
Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
Background in Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
Expertise in socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.
Compensation & Legal
Hourly contractor
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.
