AI Safety Red Teamer | $70-$84/hr Remote
Overview
Join a team focused on strengthening the safety of advanced AI systems by uncovering their hidden weaknesses. As an AI Safety Red Teamer, you'll design clever prompts to stress-test models, spot dangerous behaviors, and help improve how these systems handle tricky real-world scenarios. This remote contractor role lets you work alongside top researchers while earning $70–$84 per hour.
What You'll Do5
- 1Create adversarial prompts that push frontier AI models to their limits, revealing potential failure points.
- 2Identify and document jailbreaks, unsafe outputs, hallucinations, and policy breaches in model behavior.
- 3Test model performance across high-risk areas including misinformation, cybersecurity, biosecurity, and political content.
- 4Collaborate with AI researchers to refine model alignment and boost overall robustness.
- 5Compile clear vulnerability reports and contribute to safety benchmarks and red-teaming documentation.
Requirements4
- 1A bachelor’s degree or higher in fields like Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Journalism, or a related discipline.
- 2At least 5 years of professional experience in AI safety, red teaming, trust & safety, or investigative work.
- 3Strong skills in analytical reasoning, prompt engineering, and written communication to document findings clearly.
- 4Hands-on experience designing adversarial tests or evaluating frontier AI systems for vulnerabilities.
Who Should Apply
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys thinking like an attacker to make AI systems safer. You're curious, methodical, and have a knack for crafting prompts that reveal hidden flaws. If you have a background in safety research, cybersecurity, or investigative work and want to shape how cutting-edge models handle grey-area challenges, this is your opportunity.
Salary Insight
The position pays an hourly rate of $70–$84, reflecting the specialized skill set required for adversarial testing of advanced AI.
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When applying, include a short portfolio or example of a prompt you designed that uncovered a realistic edge case in a language model — this shows your hands-on red-teaming approach.
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