AI Red Team Lead

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Red Team Data Expert
Type: Full-time or Part-time Contract Work
Compensation: $14/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and 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 for customer action.
• Collaborate independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
• Native-level fluency in English and Hindi.
• Ability to communicate risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience with Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, and socio-technical risk analysis.
• Skills in creative probing through psychology, acting, or writing.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor
• Paid weekly via Stripe Connect

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.