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Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Team

New York, NY · Remote

$17 - $25/hr

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 ...

Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Team

New York, NY · Remote

$29 - $45/hr

Remote Role Responsibilities * Red team conversational AI models and agents by performing jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation. * Generate high-quality human data by ...

Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Team

San Francisco, CA · Remote

$48 - $62/hr

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 ...

Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Team

New York, NY · Remote

$17 - $25/hr

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 ...

Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Team

San Francisco, CA · Remote

$29 - $45/hr

Remote Role Responsibilities * Red team conversational AI models and agents by performing jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation. * Generate high-quality human data by ...

Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Team

San Francisco, CA · Remote

$29 - $45/hr

Remote Role Responsibilities * Red team conversational AI models and agents by performing jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation. * Generate high-quality human data by ...

Mercor

LLM Red Team Specialist - AI

New York, NY · On-site +1

$60 - $90/hr

Remote Commitment: 35 hours/week Role Responsibilities * Evaluate frontier AI models on coding, ML , and analysis tasks to identify vulnerabilities and failure modes. * Design complex tasks that ...

Bishop Fox

Senior Red Team Consultant

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

We're seeking remote, US or Mexico-based hacking professionals focused on red teaming to join our team - and help us build a more secure world. Who You Are and What You'll Do You are a born red ...

Bishop Fox

Senior Red Team Consultant

OR · On-site +1

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

We're seeking remote, US or Mexico-based hacking professionals focused on red teaming to join our team - and help us build a more secure world. Who You Are and What You'll Do You are a born red ...

Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Teamer

New York, NY · Remote

$17 - $25/hr

Remote Role Responsibilities * Red team conversational AI models and agents by conducting jailbreaks, prompt injections, and bias exploitation. * Generate high-quality human data by annotating ...

Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Teaming

San Francisco, CA · Remote

$48 - $62/hr

Remote Role Responsibilities * Red team conversational AI models and agents to identify jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation. * Generate high-quality human data by ...

Mercor

AI Safety Expert - Red Teaming

New York, NY · Remote

$20 - $22/hr

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 ...

Humana

Lead, Offensive Security

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This is a remote role on a specialized offensive-security team, red teaming shoulder-to-shoulder with Penetration Testing, Breach & Attack Simulation, and Bug Bounty. Fridays are for research and ...

Humana

Lead, Offensive Security

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This is a remote role on a specialized offensive-security team, red teaming shoulder-to-shoulder with Penetration Testing, Breach & Attack Simulation, and Bug Bounty. Fridays are for research and ...

Humana, Inc.

Lead, Offensive Security

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This is a remote role on a specialized offensive-security team, red teaming shoulder-to-shoulder with Penetration Testing, Breach & Attack Simulation, and Bug Bounty. Fridays are for research and ...

Humana

Lead, Offensive Security

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This is a remote role on a specialized offensive-security team, red teaming shoulder-to-shoulder with Penetration Testing, Breach & Attack Simulation, and Bug Bounty. Fridays are for research and ...

10a Labs

AI Red Teamer, Cyber

Washington, DC · Remote

$100K - $120K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Design and execute red team assessments against AI systems, applications, and supporting ... Fully remote, U.S.-based * Health Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Horizon3.ai

Senior Offensive Security Consultant

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  • Dental

  • Vision

  • PTO

Senior Offensive Security Consultant (Red Team / Penetration Tester) Location: Remote (United States) Travel: Minimal (occasional company or client meetings, or onsite requirements, Citizenship ...

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AI Safety Expert - Red Team

Mercor

New York, NY • Remote

$17 - $25/hr

Full-time

Re-posted 15 hours ago

Job description

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 & Malay
Type: Contract
Compensation: $17–$25/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 to produce reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
  • Review AI outputs on sensitive topics such as bias and misinformation, with optional participation in higher-sensitivity projects.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Fluent Language Skills Required: English & Malay
  • Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.
  • Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

  • Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
  • Background in Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.
  • Expertise in socio-technical risk: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.
  • Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

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: support@mercor.com

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