AI Safety Practitioner - Expert Evaluator

Mercor is a platform connecting elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. We are currently seeking an experienced AI Safety Practitioner to join our team as an expert evaluator, contributing to the development of safer and more reliable artificial intelligence models.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluate AI-generated responses for safety, factual accuracy, policy compliance, and overall quality.
• Review content involving sensitive domains such as misinformation, political persuasion, self-harm, violence, cyber security, and biosecurity.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Familiarity with safety policies, content moderation, or evaluation rubric development is preferred.

What we offer

• The opportunity to work at the forefront of AI safety and alignment research.
• Collaboration with top-tier AI research labs and industry experts.
• A fully remote work environment that supports professional growth and high-impact contributions.