Quantitative Rates Researcher, Part-Time AI Research Evaluation - Remote (United States)

• $80–$150 per hour• 100% remote• Part-time• Fully flexible schedule Work on the cutting edge of AI, on your own schedule, and get paid for the quantitative rates expertise you already have. The AI systems everyone talks about are trained and tested by real experts. The teams building them need quantitative rates researchers who can create realistic, difficult research tasks, judge how well the AI handles them, write the answer a professional would give, and explain exactly where the AI falls short. Your judgment helps shape the next generation of models, including how they reason about fixed income products and rates markets. This is that work, done remotely around your current job. What you'll do• Evaluate AI-produced research and systematic trading strategies in rates and fixed-income trading• Identify lookahead bias and overfitting in research methods and backtests• Check whether backtest results account for liquidity constraints and transaction costs• Give concise feedback on the research assumptions, how faithfully the strategy was implemented, its statistical rigor and overall research quality Why this is worth your time• Get paid $80–$150 an hour to build real AI skills, on top of your current job• Work directly with frontier AI tools and see how they are built, tested and improved, experience most quantitative rates researchers will not have for years• Build a career edge for what comes next: AI is reshaping quantitative research in fixed income and rates, and the people who understand it from the inside will lead that change• Fully remote and flexible, no fixed shifts, no commute Who this is for• Professional quantitative research experience in bond or interest-rate markets, with experience developing systematic rates strategies and running backtests• Advanced Python skills using pandas, NumPy and SciPy, or strong R skills for doing quantitative research and analyzing data• Professional fluency in English• No AI experience needed. You bring the expertise; we bring the training on the tools. Pay and details• $80–$150 per hour, paid hourly as an independent contractor• Fully flexible schedule; fully remote, United States How to apply1. Apply on OpenTrain (about two minutes; upload your resume).2. Complete a short application on the hiring platform.3. If shortlisted, take a conversational AI interview with technical questions and a coding challenge, whenever it suits you. Most people hear back within days. Ready to put your quantitative rates expertise to work at the frontier of AI? Apply today. About OpenTrain AIOpenTrain AI connects experienced professionals with paid, part-time AI training work: shaping and improving the AI systems that companies are building right now.