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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: AI Safety Experts — English & Malayalam
Type: Contract
Compensation: $16–$22/hour
Location: Remote
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 ensure consistent testing. Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on. Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance. Qualifications Must-Have Fluent Language Skills Required: English & Malayalam. Native fluency in English and Malayalam is required. Strong judgment about language and content accuracy. Rigorous attention to detail and ability to notice subtle errors. Structured approach to work following guidelines and quality standards. Clear communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences. Adaptability across projects, task types, and customers. Preferred Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction. Cybersecurity skills: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering. Understanding of socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing. Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

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Experience level

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Location

Denver, CO

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Industry

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Posted

6 days ago

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