Remote Finance AI Researcher: Evaluation & Benchmarking

Joblet-AI; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 734,000 - 918,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Bonus potential

Health-insurance premium reimbursement

Paid time off

401(K) plan with company match

Remote-first

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Finance Research, to push the frontiers of AI-driven financial reasoning. You’ll work on evaluating AI systems in enterprise finance, shaping benchmarks, and advancing performance across complex financial workflows.

You’ll collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product teams to publish rigorous findings, design datasets and evaluation protocols, and stay ahead of advances in AI, finance, and decision science in a remote-first company.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Finance/related field; PhD strongly preferred.
• Expertise in finance domains: investment research, risk management, or corporate finance.
• Proven ability to translate complex financial problems into measurable research questions.
• Strong written and verbal communication; experience with research reports is a plus.
• Experience in cross-functional, collaborative research environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve evaluation frameworks for AI agents in finance.
• Conduct research on financial reasoning and workflow automation.
• Develop datasets, test cases, and benchmark environments.
• Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product teams to evaluate models.
• Analyze model behavior and performance trends to guide priorities.
• Publish internal findings and best practices for finance AI.
• Stay current with AI and finance advances and incorporate them into initiatives.
• Help establish research standards and foster rigorous experimentation in a distributed setup.

Skills

Financial research

Quantitative analysis

Data analysis

Python

SQL

Machine learning

Education

PhD in Finance or related field

MBA, CFA or equivalent expertise considered

Tools

Python

SQL

ML frameworks

Job description

micro1 is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Finance Research, to push the frontiers of AI-driven financial reasoning. You’ll work on evaluating AI systems in enterprise finance, shaping benchmarks, and advancing performance across complex financial workflows.

You’ll collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product teams to publish rigorous findings, design datasets and evaluation protocols, and stay ahead of advances in AI, finance, and decision science in a remote-first company.