Rates trader — Financial AI Benchmarking (Remote AI Evaluation Contract)

Join Jobtacular as a remote Rates trader — Financial AI Benchmarking (Remote AI Evaluation Contract) ($80 - $100/hour). We partner with leading AI research laboratories across major English-speaking markets to evaluate complex responses, design realistic domain scenarios, and calibrate next-generation foundation models using deep professional expertise in interest rate swaps trading, swaptions trading, treasury futures trading, repo trading.

What You Will Do

• Draft, calibrate, and refine representative sample tasks with clear project instructions based on real trading scenarios in the rates space.
• Analyze and provide feedback on AI performance in simulated market conditions, identifying strengths and shortcomings of proposed strategies.
• Offer commentary on how AI strategies align (or misalign) with actual desk practices and market structure.
• Collaborate with project leads and technologists to translate domain requirements into actionable guidance for AI model training.
• Document rationale and communicate findings in written and verbal formats for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated professional or academic background in interest rate swaps trading, swaptions trading, treasury futures trading, repo trading, sofr/eurodollar trading, algorithmic trading.
• Strong analytical reasoning and ability to articulate complex concepts clearly in written English.

Who We Are Looking For

• Understanding of rates market structure and trading desk operations.
• Background in algorithmic or systematic trading is highly desirable but not essential.
• Strong skills in evaluating trading risk, quantitative strategies, and market scenario analysis.
• Excellent communication abilities—both written and verbal.
• Discipline and reliability in a remote and collaborative project environment.
• Compensation Band: $80 - $100/hour
• Work Location: Remote (100% Remote / Asynchronous Flexibility)

Compensation & Remote Structure

• Compensation Rate: $80 - $100/hour (contract specialist remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: interest rate swaps trading, swaptions trading, treasury futures trading, repo trading, sofr/eurodollar trading, algorithmic trading, systematic trading, rates market structure knowledge, trading risk management, quantitative strategy evaluation
• Hiring Agency: Jobtacular

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