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
- MScor PhDin a STEM fieldor equivalent experience.
- 1+ yearsin research, research-engineering, security, or AI evaluation.
- Experience identifying vulnerabilities in LLMsor ML systems.
- Proficiency in Pythonand Git.
- Familiarity with LLM capabilitiesand evaluation techniques.
- Ability to work 35 hours/week.
Preferred
- Experience in AI training, model evaluation, or benchmark/task authoring.
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