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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Mercor