Applied Economics & Finance Benchmark Specialist

Confidential; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote contract

Flexible schedule

10+ hours/week

Job summary

Confidential is seeking expert economists and finance professionals to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will craft and verify rigorous MC questions across core economics and finance topics, evaluate solutions, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

You will work on two task types: Question Authoring and Question Verification, ensuring questions are self-contained, clearly defined, and appropriately

Qualifications

• PhD in economics or doctoral candidate with strong research background.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.
• Experience with academic research and finance/economics modeling.

Responsibilities

• Author original economics and finance questions testing deep understanding.
• Verify questions for clarity, precision, and solvability; edit as needed.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors with rationale and references.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in markdown.

Skills

Economics theory

Finance theory

Academic writing

Critical thinking

English proficiency

Education

PhD in Economics

PhD candidate

Masters in Economics

Tools

Stata

R

Python

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking expert economists and finance professionals to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core economics and finance domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You will be assigned one of two task types:

• Question Authoring — Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review.


• Question Verification — Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.

Economics & Finance Domains Covered

Algorithmic Trading & Market Microstructure, Macroprudential Policy, Behavioral Finance & Experimental Economics, Urban Economics, Tokenomics & Decentralized Finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Author original economics and finance questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall


• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined — all necessary information must be in the problem statement


• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above)


• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers


• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format


• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories)


• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Ideal Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Economics, Finance, or a closely related field


• Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain


• Strong command of graduate-level economic theory, quantitative methods, and financial modeling


• Experience with academic research, CFA/CPA certification, or financial industry expertise is a strong plus


• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

More About the Opportunity

• Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week


• Asynchronous, fully remote work

This is a 100% remote contract role. Applicants must be located in: United States.