AI Safety Expert – English, Tamil
Posted 16hrs ago
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Job Description
AI red-team expert probing conversational models for Mercor’s human-powered frontier AI training. Testing vulnerabilities, annotating failures, and producing reproducible safety datasets.
Responsibilities:
- Red-team conversational AI models and agents using jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, and multi-turn manipulation
- Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks
- Follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent
- Produce reproducible reports, datasets, and attack cases
- Review AI outputs involving sensitive topics such as bias, misinformation, and harmful behaviors
- Expand evaluation coverage and uncover vulnerabilities automated tests miss
- Collaborate on projects training and enhancing frontier AI systems
Requirements:
- Fluent/native fluency in English and Tamil
- Strong judgment about language and content
- Ability to assess whether AI responses are accurate, complete, and appropriate
- Ability to notice subtle errors, inconsistencies, and gaps
- Ability to follow guidelines and quality standards consistently
- Ability to explain reasoning clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
- Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers
- Independent contractor status
- Must not require H1-B or STEM OPT support
- Nice-to-have specialties: adversarial ML, cybersecurity, socio-technical risk, or creative probing
Benefits:
- Fully remote role
- Flexible own schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Competitive pay
- Opportunity to build experience in human data-driven AI red teaming
- Direct role in making AI systems more robust, safe, and trustworthy
- Collaboration with leading researchers
- Reasonable accommodations upon request
- Referral payments of up to $90 per successful referral


