Emerging
AI Red Teamer
AI red teamers try to break AI models — jailbreaks, adversarial prompts, misuse paths — before attackers do. Hot demand in frontier labs and government.
Structured path
Start the AI Red Teamer path
~14 hours · 6 stages · 20 lessons.
A day in the life
A rough shape of the workday.
Morning
Open the day with Claude and ChatGPT — triaging the inbox and lining up priorities.
Midday
AI red teamers try to break AI models — jailbreaks, adversarial prompts, misuse paths — before attackers do, with help from Microsoft PyRIT.
Wrap-up
Wrap up by reviewing what shipped, capturing notes, and queuing tomorrow's first move.
Everyday AI tools
What this role uses day-to-day.
Specialized AI tools
Industry-specific products in 2026.
Skills to build
What you'll be doing — well.
- Adversarial thinking
- Coding
- Writing
- Security basics
Education path
Common routes in.
- Any degree + demonstrated red team work
Typical U.S. salary
$120,000–$260,000USD/year
Source: BLS OES · national median range
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Lessons aligned to this career path.