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[Remote] PhD in Quantitative Finance, Remote AI Research Evaluator

๐ŸŒ Remote ยท United States ๐Ÿ’ผ Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Outlier is hiring PhD-level quantitative finance experts to train and evaluate advanced AI models on financial and quantitative reasoning. The role involves assessing model-generated content, creating and answering domain-specific questions, and evaluating AI responses in a flexible remote contract engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Assessing the factuality and relevance of quantitative and finance-related text produced by AI models
  • Crafting and answering questions related to quantitative finance, financial modeling, and applied mathematics
  • Evaluating and ranking domain-specific responses generated by AI models

Skills

  • A PhD (completed or in final stages) in Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, or a closely related quantitative field with a strong finance focus
  • Deep familiarity with quantitative methods such as stochastic modeling, derivatives pricing, econometrics, risk modeling, or computational finance
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to spot subtle errors in quantitative reasoning
  • Fluent written English and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly
  • Research experience (academic or industry, including buy-side or sell-side quant roles)
  • Prior experience with data annotation or AI model evaluation
  • Experience reviewing or publishing research papers

Benefits

  • Fully remote work
  • Flexible contract work

Company Overview

  • Owned by Scale AI (invested in by Amazon and Meta), Outlier is the world's largest platform that connect real-world experts and grads with AI training projects in Law, Computer Science, Web Development, Math, Science, Languages, and more. It was founded in 2023, and is headquartered in San Francisco, US, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://outlier.ai/.
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