LLM Red Team Specialist - AI

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: LLM Red Team Specialist — Failure Modes & Edge Cases

Type: Contract

Compensation: $60–$90/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 35 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate frontier AI models on coding, ML , and analysis tasks to identify vulnerabilities and failure modes.
• Design complex tasks that challenge models and are fair for grading.
• Document findings with clear evidence and reproducible steps.
• Collaborate with task authors to close loopholes and improve grading.
• Share insights with researchers to enhance benchmark quality.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and improve AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• MSc or PhD in a STEM field or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years in research, research-engineering, security, or AI evaluation.
• Experience identifying vulnerabilities in LLMs or ML systems .
• Proficiency in Python and Git .
• Familiarity with LLM capabilities and evaluation techniques.
• Ability to work 35 hours/week .

Preferred

• Experience in AI training , model evaluation, or benchmark/task authoring.

Resources & Support

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