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AI Safety Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $70/hr

$70 per hour

Mercor

Job Description

Job Description

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 Practitioner
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$70/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality.
  • Review content involving misinformation, political persuasion, self-harm, violence, cyber, biosecurity, and other sensitive domains.
  • Apply and refine evaluation rubrics for RLHF , SFT , and AI safety benchmarking .
  • Identify unsafe outputs, hallucinations, reasoning failures, and policy violations.
  • Provide structured feedback to improve model alignment and safety performance.
  • Collaborate with AI researchers and safety teams on ongoing evaluation initiatives.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Journalism, Communications, Psychology, Sociology, Public Policy, Law, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in AI Safety , Trust & Safety, journalism, public policy, scientific research, security, or a related field.
  • Excellent written English , critical thinking, and analytical reasoning skills.
  • Ability to consistently evaluate nuanced and policy-sensitive scenarios.

Preferred

  • Experience with AI Safety , RLHF , SFT , Trust & Safety, or AI evaluation.
  • Familiarity with safety policies, content moderation, or evaluation rubric development.
  • Experience reviewing complex, high-risk, or ambiguous content.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

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

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