Adversarial AI Red Team Security Engineer

• *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 Specialist • *Type:** **Full-time or Part-time Contract Work** • *Compensation:** **$56/hour** • *Location:** **Remote**; Geography restricted to **USA & Europe** • *Role Responsibilities** • Evaluate **AI models** for vulnerabilities by conducting 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 findings reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action. • Work **independently and asynchronously** to meet deadlines while improving **AI model performance**. • *Qualifications** • *Must-Have** • **Fluent Language Skills Required:** Native-level fluency in **English & German**. • Prior experience in red teaming, **AI adversarial work**, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing. • Strong communication skills to explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders. • *Preferred** • Experience with **Adversarial ML** techniques such as jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, and model extraction. • Background in **Cybersecurity** including penetration testing, exploit development, and reverse engineering. • Knowledge of socio-technical risk, harassment/disinfo probing, and abuse analysis. • *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: support@mercor.com • PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.*