AI Security Specialist - Red Team

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: Responsible AI / Security Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $90–$140/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in security and responsible AI, application and infrastructure security, and red teaming and abuse prevention topics.
• Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to security and responsible AI problems.
• Evaluate security and responsible AI tasks and solutions and provide clear, written technical feedback.
• Design adversarial tasks and red teaming scenarios that probe AI systems for security vulnerabilities, unsafe behavior, and policy violations.
• Develop rubrics to assess the safety, accuracy, and harm potential of AI responses on security and sensitive topics.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 4+ years of dedicated professional experience in cybersecurity, red teaming, penetration testing, threat intelligence, or trust and safety at a recognized, top-tier organization.
• Hands-on experience in at least one of: application security and secure code review, penetration testing and offensive security, threat intelligence or incident response, or trust and safety policy enforcement.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.
• Ability to engage reliably for at least 20 hours/week during weekdays.

Preferred

• Relevant credentials such as OSCP, OSWE, GPEN, CISSP or published CVEs, bug bounty findings, or security research are a strong plus.
• Demonstrable career progression.

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
• 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.