Cultural Safety & Red-Teaming Expert (AI Community) - Remote

At TELUS Digital, we know that as AI becomes more powerful, the need for robust safety guardrails is paramount. We view you as our strategic "adversary." You will utilize your critical thinking and cultural depth to stress-test models, uncovering vulnerabilities that could lead to biased or harmful outputs. At TELUS, you are the final line of defense, ensuring that our AI remains a force for good in every corner of the world.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct high-stakes adversarial testing sessions, employing creative "jailbreaking" techniques to probe model vulnerabilities.
• Map regional social, political, and religious sensitivities to help the model avoid cultural "blind spots" in diverse global markets.
• Synthesize safety findings into comprehensive risk reports, collaborating with Policy Teams to update model safety guardrails.
• Evaluate the model’s ethical decision-making in "gray-area" scenarios, ensuring it prioritizes human safety and institutional values.

Qualification path

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Ethics, Cyber Law, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• English Proficiency: Minimum B1 (Intermediate) level English to document safety findings.
• Language: Native-level fluency in at least one language.
• Context: Deep knowledge of the social and cultural norms of your native language/region.

Assessment:

In order to be hired into our community, you’ll go through a subject-specific qualification exam that will determine your suitability for the position and complete ID verification.

Payment:

Currently, pay rates for experts range from $18 - $50 USD per hour

Our Payment terms are defined for each project.

Why Join the TELUS Digital AI Community:

• Community Connection: Work remotely as part of a 1M+ diverse global AI Community of contributors and experts.
• Impactful Expertise: Use your native language and academic degree to shape real-world AI systems and products used by millions every day.
• Hands-on Innovation: Gain experience in the latest AI research, evaluation, and fine-tuning methodologies.
• Global Collaboration: Collaborate with a network of specialists across 20+ domains and 500+ languages and dialects.
• Flexible Engagement: Manage your own schedule while making a meaningful impact on the future of technology.

Equal Opportunity:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for a contractual relationship without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. At TELUS Digital AI, we are proud to offer equal opportunities and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community. All aspects of selection are based on applicants’ qualifications, merits, competence, and performance without regard to any characteristic related to diversity