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:Adaptable hoursRole 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 ensure consistent testing.Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets,



and attack cases that customers can act on.Workindependently and asynchronouslyto meet deadlines while improvingAI model performance.QualificationsMust-HaveNative-level fluency inEnglishandSpanish.Prior red teaming experience inAI adversarial work ,cybersecurity , or socio-technical probing.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.PreferredExperience inAdversarial ML : jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.Background inCybersecurity : 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 & LegalHourly contractor ,

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