
AI Red Team Specialist - Remote | Upto $22/hr
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Job details
- Company
- mercor
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Remote
- Yes
- Salary
- $20 - $22
- Field
- Other
- Source
- via Himalayas
Posted
July 19, 2026
About this role
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 & Marathi
Type:Contract
Compensation:$20–$22/hour
Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify 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 ensure consistent testing.
- Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Fluent in English and Marathi.
- Prior experience in red teaming (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing).
- Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptable and able to thrive across projects and customers.
Preferred
- Experience with 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.
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: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Originally posted on Himalayas
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