Rates Trading Strategy AI Evaluator

OpenTrain AI, Inc.; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

OpenTrain AI, Inc. is seeking a rates trading expert to evaluate AI-generated trading strategies, judging realism, live-market viability, and desk risk considerations.

You will review the strategies and the reasoning behind them, then explain conclusions in clear written feedback. The role is remote, part-time contractor work, requiring English fluency and current or former rates-trading experience at a leading bank or hedge fund.

Qualifications

• Must have current or former rates trading experience at an investment bank or hedge fund.
• Extensive hands-on experience with interest rate swaps, swaptions, Treasury futures, Eurodollar or SOFR products, and repo instruments.
• Strong understanding of rates-market structure, pricing, and risk management.
• Ability to evaluate quantitative or systematic strategies and judge real-world applicability.
• Preferred: algo/trading-system experience on a Rates desk at VP/Director level.

Responsibilities

• Review AI-generated rates trading strategies for realism and live-market viability.
• Assess strategy logic and the reasoning behind model outputs.
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI training and trading-system integration.
• Identify misalignments between AI recommendations and actual trading desk practices.
• Suggest improvements to accuracy and sophistication of AI-generated trading logic.

Skills

Rates trading experience

Interest rate products

Rates market knowledge

Pricing

Algo trading on Rates desk

Trading-system experience

English fluency

Job description

The Work

You will help improve AI systems that generate and assess algorithmic trading strategies. Your work will involve applying rates-market judgment to decide whether model outputs are realistic, viable, and consistent with trading desk practices.

You will review both the strategies and the reasoning behind them, then explain your conclusions in clear written and verbal feedback. The work is remote and supports project milestones on a flexible contractor basis.

• Evaluate AI-generated strategies involving interest rate swaps, swaptions, Treasury futures, Eurodollar and SOFR products, and repo instruments.
• Assess whether strategies are realistic, workable in live markets, and aware of relevant risks.
• Identify where AI recommendations differ from actual trading desk practices.
• Recommend improvements to the accuracy and sophistication of AI-generated trading logic.
• Explain complex rates-market insights clearly for AI training work.

What It Pays And Takes

This role is suited to someone with professional rates trading experience who can judge quantitative or systematic strategies in real-world market conditions. English fluency is needed for written and verbal discussions.

• Pay: $80 to $100 per hour.
• Work type: Part-time contract work.
• Location: Open to candidates in Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
• Language: English fluency.
• Required: Current or former Rates trading experience at an investment bank or hedge fund.
• Required: Extensive hands-on experience with interest rate swaps, swaptions, Treasury futures, Eurodollar or SOFR products, and repo instruments.
• Required: Strong understanding of rates-market structure, pricing, and risk management.
• Required: Ability to evaluate quantitative or systematic strategies and judge their real-world applicability.
• Preferred: Algorithmic or systematic trading experience on a Rates desk at VP, Director, or a similar level.
• Helpful: Experience working on technology or trading-system projects.

About AI Training Work

AI training is the human work behind systems that learn from examples, including reviewing model outputs and rating their quality. People with specialized experience help make those systems more accurate by applying professional judgment that models cannot reliably provide on their own.