AI Safety Expert — English & Finnish

AI Safety Experts — English & Finnish

Hourly contract · Remote · New opportunity · $48–$62 per hour

Fluent language skills required: English & Finnish. Native fluency in both languages is required for this position.

Why this role exists

At Mercor, we believe the safest AI is the one that has already been attacked — by us. We are assembling a red team for this project: human data experts who probe AI models with adversarial inputs, surface vulnerabilities, and generate the red team data that makes AI safer for our customers.

This project involves reviewing AI outputs that touch on sensitive topics such as bias, misinformation, or harmful behaviors. All work is text-based, and participation in higher-sensitivity projects is optional and supported by clear guidelines and wellness resources. Before being exposed to any content, the topics will be clearly communicated.

What you will do

• Red team conversational AI models and agents: jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, bias exploitation, multi-turn manipulation
• Generate high-quality human data: annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks
• Apply structure: follow taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to keep testing consistent
• Document reproducibly: produce reports, datasets, and attack cases customers can act on

Who you are

• You bring prior red teaming experience (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing)
• You are curious and adversarial: you instinctively push systems to their breaking points
• You are structured: you use frameworks or benchmarks, not just random hacks
• You are communicative: you explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• You are adaptable: you thrive on moving across projects and customers

Nice-to-have specialties

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

What success looks like

• You uncover vulnerabilities automated tests miss
• You deliver reproducible artifacts that strengthen customer AI systems
• Evaluation coverage expands: more scenarios tested, fewer surprises in production
• Mercor customers trust the safety of their AI because you have already probed it like an adversary

Contract and payment terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor
• Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
• Payments are weekly via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
• Please note: H1-B or STEM OPT candidates cannot be supported at this time

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.