Investment Specialist – Freelance AI Trainer Project

remote work; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

Meridial is building AI models capable of analyzing financial markets and supporting investment decision making. This role focuses on challenging and evaluating models on investment topics, documenting results, and providing structured feedback to improve prompts and analytical depth.

You will engage with investment scenarios, verify factual and financial logic, assess reasoning quality, and help refine evaluation frameworks.

Qualifications

• Knowledge in equity and fixed income markets, portfolio management, asset allocation, derivatives, or related finance areas.
• Background or education in finance, economics, accounting, business, or related field preferred but not required.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to articulate reasoning clearly.
• Experience in asset management, brokerage, research, financial planning, or related roles is valuable.
• Entry level candidates with foundational investment knowledge encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Engage the model with investment scenarios, analytical questions, and market reasoning tasks.
• Verify factual correctness and financial logic in responses.
• Assess the validity of investment reasoning and capture reproducible error traces.
• Provide structured feedback to improve prompts, evaluation frameworks, and analytical depth.
• Identify where models oversimplify market behavior or misinterpret financial data.

Skills

Equity markets knowledge

Analytical thinking

Financial reasoning

Clear communication

Education

Finance/Economics background

Tools

Excel

Job description

About the role

Meridial is building AI models capable of analyzing financial markets and supporting investment decision making. This role focuses on challenging and evaluating models on investment topics, documenting results, and providing structured feedback to improve prompts and analytical depth.

What you'll do

• Engage the model with investment scenarios, analytical questions, and market reasoning tasks
• Verify factual correctness and financial logic in responses
• Assess the validity of investment reasoning and capture reproducible error traces
• Provide structured feedback to improve prompts, evaluation frameworks, and analytical depth
• Identify where models oversimplify market behavior or misinterpret financial data

What they're looking for

• Knowledge in equity and fixed income markets, portfolio management, asset allocation, derivatives, or related finance areas
• Background or education in finance, economics, accounting, business, or related field preferred but not required
• Strong analytical skills and ability to articulate reasoning clearly
• Experience in asset management, brokerage, research, financial planning, or related roles is valuable
• Entry level candidates with foundational investment knowledge encouraged to apply

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states worldwide eligibility and remote work; Nigeria is not excluded based on location in the text
• The pay range is stated as per hour; exact rate is determined after evaluating experience and location
• Contractor role; company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply