About the jobMercorconnects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs.Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors includeBenchmark ,General Catalyst ,Peter Thiel ,Adam D'Angelo ,Larry Summers , andJack Dorsey.Position:AI Red Team SpecialistType:Full-time or Part-time Contract WorkCompensation:$26/hourLocation:RemoteCommitment:20+ hours/weekRole ResponsibilitiesRed teamconversational AI modelsand agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.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 to produce reports, datasets,



and attack cases that customers can act on.Workindependently and asynchronouslyto probe AI models with adversarial inputs and surface vulnerabilities.QualificationsMust-HaveFluent Language Skills Required:Native-level fluency inEnglish&Spanish.Prior; experience in red teaming (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing).
Ability to communicate risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.PreferredExperience inAdversarial ML : jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.Cybersecurityskills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.Socio-technical risk expertise: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.Compensation & LegalHourly contractor ,

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