Cybersecurity Risk Management Specialist

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 Red Team Specialist Type: Full-time or Part-time Contract Work Compensation: $26/hour Location: Remote Commitment: Flexible hours 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 Native-level fluency in English and Spanish . Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work , cybersecurity , or socio-technical probing. Structured approach using frameworks or benchmarks. Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Adaptability to thrive on moving across projects and customers. 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. 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 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.