Virtual Rates trader — Applied Research & QA

Advance frontier AI capabilities from home as a Virtual Rates trader — Applied Research & QA at TopChoice Recruiting (paying $80 - $100/hour). Our cognitive talent team works directly on post-training alignment, reinforcement learning feedback, and domain verification across interest rate swaps trading, swaptions trading, treasury futures trading, repo trading.

Key Contributions

• Strong analytical reasoning and ability to articulate complex concepts clearly in written English.
• High attention to detail when reviewing technical or domain-specific documentation.
• Self-motivated and reliable within an asynchronous remote work environment.
• Assess model-generated trading strategies and outputs for accuracy, risk management, and market realism across rates products.
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Work Location: Remote (100% Remote / Asynchronous Flexibility)
• Available Openings: 20 open positions
• 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
• Current or former experience as a rates trader at an investment bank, hedge fund, or similar institution.
• Significant practical knowledge of interest rate swaps, swaptions, treasury futures, repo, and Eurodollar/SOFR trading.
• Understanding of rates market structure and trading desk operations.
• Background in algorithmic or systematic trading is highly desirable but not essential.

Contract Rate & Schedule

• 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: TopChoice Recruiting

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