AI Safety Expert – English, Tamil
Posted 11hrs ago
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Job Description
AI red-team expert probing conversational models for Mercor, which partners with AI labs to train frontier systems. Generating adversarial data, vulnerability reports, and reproducible attack cases.
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 for consistent testing
- Produce reproducible reports, datasets, and attack cases
- Review AI outputs involving sensitive topics such as bias, misinformation, and harmful behaviors
- Uncover vulnerabilities automated tests miss
- Expand evaluation coverage and reduce production surprises
- Strengthen customer AI systems through human data-driven red teaming
Requirements:
- Native fluency in English and Tamil is required
- Strong judgment about language and content
- Ability to assess whether AI responses are accurate, complete, and appropriate, and explain why
- 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 be an H1-B or STEM OPT candidate
- Nice-to-have specialties: adversarial ML, cybersecurity, socio-technical risk, or creative probing
Benefits:
- Fully remote role
- Flexible, self-directed schedule
- Higher-sensitivity project participation is optional
- Clear content guidelines and wellness resources
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Competitive pay
- Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers
- Referral payments of up to $90 per successful referral (referral limits apply)
- Reasonable accommodations upon request








