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Partner opportunity

CVE Vulnerability Expert

$70 - $90 / hour

MercorUnited States - RemoteHourly contract

Evaluate the quality, fidelity, and completeness of vulnerability-reproduction and remediation tasks used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models.

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  • Proficiency with Docker and Docker Compose for multi-container vulnerability reproduction environments

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Listing updated 2026-10-03

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Listing summary

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Evaluate the quality, fidelity, and completeness of vulnerability-reproduction and remediation tasks used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models. You'll assess whether CVE reproductions are faithful, fixes are sound, verification logic is rigorous, and Docker-based lab environments accurately recreate exploitable conditions

and provide clear, rubric-based written feedback.

Basic Qualifications • 3+ years of hands-on experience in application security, penetration testing, or vulnerability research • Strong understanding of CVE vulnerability taxonomy and severity frameworks (CVSS, CWE, CAPEC) • Demonstrated expertise in secure coding and remediation across common vulnerability classes (SQL injection, command injection, buffer overflow, deserialization, SSRF, misconfigurations, privilege escalation) • Experience designing or evaluating two-part verification logic (functionality tests + vulnerability tests) • Proficiency with Docker and Docker Compose for multi-container vulnerability reproduction environments

Preferred Qualifications • OSCP, GPEN, GWAPT, or equivalent offensive-security certification • Experience with CVE disclosure, responsible vulnerability reporting, or maintaining exploit proof-of-concept code • Background in DevSecOps, CI/CD security gating, or SAST/DAST tooling • Prior technical content review, assessment design, or QA for security-focused engineering tasks

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Compensation context

The listing states $70 - $90 / hour. Confirm the final rate, workload, and payment terms during the official application process.

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