AI Safety Expert – English, Tamil

Posted 18hrs ago

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AI safety red teamer probing conversational AI models for Mercor, which partners with leading labs to train frontier systems. Generating vulnerability data and reproducible attack artifacts.

Responsibilities:

  • Red-team conversational AI models and agents using jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation
  • Review AI outputs involving sensitive topics such as bias, misinformation, and harmful behaviors
  • Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks
  • Apply taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing
  • Produce reproducible reports, datasets, and attack cases for customers
  • Probe AI systems to uncover vulnerabilities automated tests miss
  • Expand evaluation coverage and reduce production surprises
  • Help Mercor customers strengthen the safety, robustness, and trustworthiness of AI systems

Requirements:

  • Fluent/native English and Tamil required
  • Strong judgment about language and content, including evaluating whether AI responses are accurate, complete, and appropriate
  • Ability to explain reasoning clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Rigorous attention to subtle errors, inconsistencies, and gaps
  • Ability to follow taxonomies, benchmarks, playbooks, guidelines, and quality standards consistently
  • Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers
  • Independent contractor engagement
  • Must be able to work without access to confidential or proprietary information from another employer, client, or institution
  • H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported
  • Nice-to-have experience in adversarial ML, cybersecurity, socio-technical risk, or creative probing

Benefits:

  • Fully remote role with flexible, self-directed scheduling
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
  • Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
  • Higher-sensitivity projects are optional
  • Clear guidelines and wellness resources for sensitive-content work
  • Competitive pay
  • Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers
  • Referral payments of up to $90 for each successful referral, subject to limits
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request