Description review

AI Adversarial Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $62/hr

mercor · Canada · back to the listing

HR standards

75/100

solid

Title ↔ description

65/100

needs work

Reads as

Security Engineer

93% confident

What this role officially is

ICT security administrator — ESCO, the EU occupation classification

ICT security administrators plan and carry out security measures to protect information and data from unauthorised access, deliberate attack, theft and corruption.

Also known as: network security administrator, system security administrator, ICT security administrators, IT security administrator

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What the listing never says

  • 16 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity
  • No pay range published. Candidates cannot tell whether applying is worth their time. Pay transparency

The listing, marked up

Nothing in the wording of this listing tripped a check. The scores above still judge how complete and coherent it is.

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 Safety Experts — English & Norwegian
Type:Contract
Compensation:$48–$62/hour
Location:Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.

• Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.

• Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.

• Document reproducibly. Produce 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

• Fluent in English & Norwegian.

• Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.

• Strong communication skills to explain risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to adapt and thrive across various projects and customers.

Preferred

• Experience in Adversarial ML, Cybersecurity, or Socio-technical risk.

• Skills in jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, or model extraction.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume

• AI interview based on your resume

• Submit form

Resources & Support

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PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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How this was produced

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Deterministic penalty applied to the HR score: 8 points (from 83 before penalties). Reviewed 21 Sep 2026.