Cybersecurity Analyst

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

Commitment: 20+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

Evaluate conversational AI models for vulnerabilities such as jailbreaks, prompt injections, and bias exploitation.
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.
Collaborate with AI research teams to improve model safety and robustness.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Fluent Language Skills Required: English & German
Prior experience in red teaming (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing).
Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to work independently and adapt across projects and customers.

Preferred

Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.
Cybersecurity skills: 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 via Stripe Connect

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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