Algorithmic Trading and Market Microstructure Expert

AI Trainer Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

AuraOne is seeking an independent contractor to review AI outputs for algorithmic trading and market microstructure contexts from a finance and risk perspective. You will re-perform calculations, flag errors, and document corrections with citations for training the modeling team.

Ideal candidates bring CPA/CFA/ACA credentials or equivalent experience, plus strong written reasoning and at least 10 hours per week of async availability. Remote work from the United States is supported.

Qualifications

• Direct working experience with finance and risk on real engagements, transactions, or audits.
• CPA, CFA, or ACA or comparable credential, or equivalent applied experience.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.
• Bilingual experience for cross-jurisdiction reviews.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current finance and risk standards, regulations, and firm policy.
• Re-perform calculations and flag rounding, classification, or treatment errors.
• Tag compliance, reconciliation, and disclosure issues with structured severity scores.
• Capture the corrected workpaper or narrative so the modeling team can train on it.
• Audit a model's narrative reasoning and rate citation quality.

Skills

Finance & risk

Audit-grade review

Regulatory standards

Risk assessment

Quantitative finance

AI evaluation

Rubric writing

Expert review

Financial analysis

Education

CPA, CFA, or ACA

Job description

About the role

Algorithmic Trading and Market Microstructure Expert is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across finance and risk workflows. Reviewers grade calculations, narrative reasoning, and policy adherence; flag compliance and reconciliation issues; and document the correct treatment so the modeling team can train on it.
Finance and risk workflows leave no room for fuzzy reasoning. AuraOne uses experienced finance-and-risk professionals to grade AI outputs the way an audit reviewer would with citations, severity tags, and the corrected calculation alongside the original.
Review financial reasoning and accounting treatment. Audit logic and risk work too.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current finance and risk standards, regulations, and firm policy for Algorithmic Trading and Market Microstructure Expert assignments.
• Re-perform calculations and flag rounding, classification, or treatment errors.
• Tag compliance, reconciliation, and disclosure issues with structured severity scores.
• Capture the corrected workpaper or narrative so the modeling team can train on it.

Role details

Track Finance & risk review Work model Remote Independent specialist contractor Compensation Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process. Eligible from US

What you should bring

• Direct working experience with finance and risk on real engagements, transactions, or audits for Algorithmic Trading and Market Microstructure Expert work.
• A CPA, CFA, or ACA. A comparable credential or equivalent applied experience also works.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that cites standards, regulations, or firm policy.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Role signals

Example tasks

• Re-perform a finance and risk calculation produced by a model and flag any rounding or classification errors.
• Grade a model's narrative reasoning on a complex transaction and rate the citation quality.
• Adjudicate a disputed treatment between two reviewers using current standards.
• Audit a 25-row batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Useful experience

• Big Four, bulge-bracket, or in-house controller / risk experience.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted close, audit, or risk tooling and its failure modes.
• Bilingual experience for cross-jurisdiction reviews.

Compensation and schedule

Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process.
Expected arrangement: contractor , with program-defined task volume and review pacing. Placement depends on current program demand and reviewer confirmation.

Skills used in matching

• Financial analysis
• Audit-grade review
• Regulatory standards
• Risk assessment
• Finance and risk
• Quantitative finance and economics
• AI evaluation
• Rubric writing
• Expert review

Application boundary

Creating a specialist profile records your experience and preferences. Starting role intake is a separate action that attaches this role to your candidate record.

Specialist intake

The intake preserves your chosen role, the visible terms, and source attribution for reviewer context.

• 01 Confirm profile and eligibility details.
• 02 Attach this role deliberately.
• 03 Receive a human review decision or follow-up.
  Placement timing depends on program demand and reviewer confirmation.