Rates trader

• Assess AI-generated trading strategies and outputs for accuracy, risk management, and market realism across rates products.
• Create 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.

• Apply expertise to help train next-generation AI systems.
• Evaluate AI agent outputs against genuine market practice and provide specialized insights into rates market structure and trading strategy.
• Have direct exposure to rates trading—particularly with interest rate swaps, swaptions, treasury futures, Eurodollar/SOFR, and repo transactions.

• 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.
• 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.

Also listed: verbal communication.

Project and contracting process: the hiring partner. Applications continue on the provider's website.