Information Security Engineer

Mercor, Inc.
San Francisco, United States of America
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time / full-time
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, Portuguese
Compensation
$ 180K

Job location

Remote
San Francisco, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Software System Penetration Testing
Computer Security
Red Team (Cyber Security)
Reverse Engineering

Job description

  • Evaluate conversational AI models for vulnerabilities through jailbreaks, prompt injections, and misuse cases.
  • Generate high-quality human data by annotating failures, classifying vulnerabilities, and flagging systemic risks.
  • Apply structure by following taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks to maintain consistent testing.
  • Document reproducibly by producing reports, datasets, and attack cases that customers can act on.
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Requirements

Must-Have

  • Prior experience in red teaming (AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, socio-technical probing).
  • Native-level fluency in English and Brazilian Portuguese.
  • Strong communication skills to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred

  • Experience in Adversarial ML (jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction).
  • Background in Cybersecurity (penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering).
  • Expertise in Socio-technical risk (harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing).

Benefits & conditions

  • Hourly contractor, Paid weekly.

About the company

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., Allied Universal + San Francisco, CA + $43.84 per hour Overview Company Overview: Allied Universal®, North America's leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. Whil…, © 2026 Careerjet All rights reserved

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