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: $29/hour
Location: Remote ; Geography restricted to USA, Brazil
Role Responsibilities
- Evaluate conversational AI models for vulnerabilities through 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 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
- Prior experience in red teaming (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing).
- Native-level fluency in English and Brazilian Portuguese .
- Strong communication skills 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).
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor , Paid weekly .
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
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- 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.
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