Responsible AI / Security Specialist
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced Large Language Models. 1. Overview Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team and help build foundational AI models from…
- Field
- Cybersecurity
- Where
- United States
- Commitment
- part time
- Hours
- up to 20/week
- Openings
- 15
- Employment
- W-2 employee of Cincinnatus LLC, per the listing
- Posted
- yesterday
How this pay compares
At $115/hr (the midpoint of $90 to $140), this role pays more than 90% of the 56 open cybersecurity roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $70.
Among platforms with 10 or more priced cybersecurity roles, OpenTrain AI has the highest median ($93/hr across 14 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($50/hr across 33).
Mercor roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 39 days (136 roles). Mercor posted this one yesterday.
Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.
What you would earn at this rate
Per week, before tax
$2,300
Per month, if the work is steady
$9,967
- Tax
- The listing describes a W-2 employee role, so the employer withholds US tax from each paycheck.
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Open cybersecurity roles on each platform
The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.
| Platform | Open | Median | Best-paid open role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercorthis role | 4 | $99/hr4 priced | Cybersecurity Research Expert – Offensive Security & Vulnerability Research$200-250/hr |
| OpenTrain AI | 15 | $93/hr | Security Red Teaming Intelligence Expert AI Trainer$200/hr |
| micro1 | 5 | $70/hr | Cyber Threat Intelligence SME$70-110/hr |
| Alignerr | 33 | $50/hr | AI Penetration Tester$60-120/hr |
The full listing
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Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced Large Language Models.
1. Overview
Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team and help build foundational AI models from the ground up. We're seeking talented Security, Red Teaming and Responsible AI specialists with hands-on expertise in application security, offensive security, threat analysis or trust and safety to bring an adversarial, safety-first mindset and elevate the quality of our AI training data.
This is a W-2 employment position with Cincinnatus LLC, with the opportunity to be placed at a leading AI Lab as part of their extended workforce.
2. Key Responsibilities
- Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in security and responsible AI, application and infrastructure security, and red teaming and abuse prevention topics.
- Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to security and responsible AI problems.
- Evaluate security and responsible AI tasks and solutions and provide clear, written technical feedback.
- Design adversarial tasks and red teaming scenarios that probe AI systems for security vulnerabilities, unsafe behavior and policy violations.
- Develop rubrics to assess the safety, accuracy and harm potential of AI responses on security and sensitive topics.
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.
3. Core Qualifications
- 4+ years of dedicated professional experience in cybersecurity, red teaming, penetration testing, threat intelligence or trust and safety at a recognized, top-tier organization.
- Hands-on experience in at least one of: application security and secure code review, penetration testing and offensive security, threat intelligence or incident response, or trust and safety policy enforcement.
- Relevant credentials such as OSCP, OSWE, GPEN, CISSP or published CVEs, bug bounty findings or security research are a strong plus.
- Demonstrable career progression.
- Ability to engage reliably for at least 20 hours/week during weekdays.
- Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.
About Cincinnatus LLC:
Cincinnatus LLC is an enterprise staffing company that partners with leading technology companies to source and employ highly skilled professionals for contingent and contract-based opportunities. Cincinnatus serves as the employer of record for these engagements, providing W-2 employment, payroll, benefits, and compliance, while placing employees directly within client teams to work on high-impact initiatives.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Cincinnatus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Mercor has listed this role at $90-140/hr since Nov 10, 2026 with no change.
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