AlignerrRed-teaming & safety
AI Red Team Tester
up to $120/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
What if your curiosity and creativity could make AI safer for everyone? We're looking for AI Red Team Testers to go head-to-head with cutting-edge AI systems — probing, prodding, and stress-testing them to uncover weaknesses before they cause real-world harm.
What you'll do
- Design creative, adversarial prompts and scenarios to expose AI weaknesses
- Attempt to elicit incorrect, unsafe, biased, or harmful outputs from AI models
- Document every failure mode in detail, including clear reproduction steps
- Rate the severity and potential impact of issues you discover
- Provide structured, actionable feedback that helps research teams improve AI safety
- Collaborate asynchronously with safety and research teams across time zones
Candidate background
Who You Are
- A naturally curious thinker who enjoys poking at systems to see how they break
- Comfortable thinking adversarially — you look for what could go wrong, not just what goes right
- Detail-oriented and methodical in how you document and communicate findings
- Strong written communicator who can clearly explain complex observations
- Self-motivated and reliable working independently in a remote environment
- No hacking, cybersecurity, or AI background required — just sharp thinking and creativity
Nice to Have
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- Experience in writing, critical analysis, journalism, or quality assurance
- Familiarity with AI tools or chatbots as an end user
- Background in ethics, psychology, or social science — useful for spotting bias and nuanced failures
- Prior experience in testing, research, or adversarial thinking of any kind
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AI Red Team Tester
About the Role
What if your curiosity and creativity could make AI safer for everyone? We're looking for AI Red Team Testers to go head-to-head with cutting-edge AI systems — probing, prodding, and stress-testing them to uncover weaknesses before they cause real-world harm.
This isn't a traditional tech role. It's a thinking role. If you enjoy puzzles, love finding loopholes, and think in edge cases, this is your opportunity to contribute to some of the most important AI safety work happening right now — fully remote and on your own schedule.
- Organization: Alignerr - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
* Design creative, adversarial prompts and scenarios to expose AI weaknesses * Attempt to elicit incorrect, unsafe, biased, or harmful outputs from AI models * Document every failure mode in detail, including clear reproduction steps * Rate the severity and potential impact of issues you discover * Provide structured, actionable feedback that helps research teams improve AI safety * Collaborate asynchronously with safety and research teams across time zones
Who You Are
* A naturally curious thinker who enjoys poking at systems to see how they break * Comfortable thinking adversarially — you look for what could go wrong, not just what goes right * Detail-oriented and methodical in how you document and communicate findings * Strong written communicator who can clearly explain complex observations * Self-motivated and reliable working independently in a remote environment * No hacking, cybersecurity, or AI background required — just sharp thinking and creativity
Nice to Have
* Experience in writing, critical analysis, journalism, or quality assurance * Familiarity with AI tools or chatbots as an end user * Background in ethics, psychology, or social science — useful for spotting bias and nuanced failures * Prior experience in testing, research, or adversarial thinking of any kind
Why Join Us
* Work on meaningful AI safety projects alongside leading research labs * Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you * Freelance autonomy with the structure of purposeful, impactful work * Engage with some of the most fascinating and consequential technology being built today * Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch
Working with AlignerrPay, getting started and work, from Alignerr's own pages
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- Getting paid
- Billed weekly, Monday to Sunday, with approved work paid by the following Friday, according to Labelbox's help center. Payment goes through Stripe Connect or PayPal depending on your location, with one provider per country. intercom.help/labelbox/en/articles/13600616-alignerr-paym..., alignerr.com/process
- Before your first paid task
- Sign up, apply, verify your identity, set up billing and onboard. Some jobs add a Zara AI interview or domain assessments. alignerr.com/process
- How much work
- Time to your first project depends on demand and your skills, and there is no minimum number of hours. alignerr.com/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, under terms with ALIGNERR LLC. alignerr.com/faqs, alignerr.com/privacy
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How does the pay compare?Across Red-teaming & safety roles, not this role alone
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Pay across the field: Red-teaming & safety
Across 8 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 4 platforms, the middle half pays $75 to $120 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $120, is in the top quarter. Of the 6 distinct rates we count, 4 are lower and 0 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 4 | $75 to $120 |
| Mercor | 2 | $84 to $120 |
| Claru | 1 | $100 |
| Handshake AI | 1 | $65 |
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This listing's history
- First seen here on 2 Oct 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Alignerr
- Not stated
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- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 09450eb1-a132-4b5c-9029-b26f58c7120f
Pay as the source states it: “$40-120/hr”.
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