Remote Economics SME for Frontier AI Training Tasks

Halluminate; United States; Remote; USD 138,000 - 276,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Part-time balance (20h/wk minimum)

Job summary

Halluminate is seeking part-time Economics Subject Matter Experts to design RL environments for financial services and related domains. You will craft complex problems and solutions for AI models, not merely label data, leveraging your economics background and forecasting skills.

Role is fully remote within the United States, with a minimum of 20 hours per week. Compensation includes milestone payments, and hourly ranges from $100 to $200.

Qualifications

• 1.5+ years of experience working in economics (economic consulting, central banking, macro or policy research, industry economics).
• Exceptional command of core workflows in Excel, PowerPoint, and other professional software (forecasting models, regression and time-series analysis, research memos, briefing decks).
• Curiosity about machine learning, AI, data, and engineering concepts. No technical background required.
• Comfort with direct, frequent feedback and the ability to turn it around quickly without compromising quality.
• Sharp attention to detail and the judgment to spot where outputs would fail a senior review.
• Strong organization and ownership of deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of knowledge work by identifying which financial workflows matter most and where today\'s AI models fall short, drawing on your real experience.
• Build training materials for AI systems, including macroeconomic forecasts, econometric and time-series analyses, policy research briefs, and other real-world deliverables.
• Create challenging tasks that expose weaknesses in state-of-the-art AI models on financial services work.
• Contribute to frontier evaluations that measure how leading AI models perform on real finance workflows.
• Work directly with research and engineering teams to evaluate model outputs and turn findings into better training data.
• Revise tasks quickly based on feedback from reviewers and model results, often across multiple rounds.

Skills

Economics experience

Forecasting models

Time-series analysis

Macroeconomics

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Halluminate is seeking part-time Economics Subject Matter Experts to design RL environments for financial services and related domains. You will craft complex problems and solutions for AI models, not merely label data, leveraging your economics background and forecasting skills.

Role is fully remote within the United States, with a minimum of 20 hours per week. Compensation includes milestone payments, and hourly ranges from $100 to $200.