Trader (AI Training)

DataAnnotation; United States; Remote; USD 142,000 - 202,000; Part time

Job summary

DataAnnotation seeks a Trader to evaluate AI-driven market strategies and the real-world behavior of execution systems. You’ll assess edge, risk, and survivability of strategies on live data and contribute judgments that improve model performance.

You’ll communicate clearly in English, document assumptions, and write concise explanations for model behaviors. This role offers flexible hours as an independent contractor with weekly payouts.

Qualifications

• Experience trading or making markets professionally or in serious personal work.
• Fluency with market microstructure, execution, and risk.
• Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required; focus on what you can do, not where you learned it.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI trading strategies: the edge, the risk, and whether it survives real execution.
• Check the market mechanics: spreads, slippage, hedging, and liquidity assumptions the model glosses over.
• Write the desk-grade answer when the model falls short, with the risk and execution detail a live book demands.

Skills

Trading experience

Market microstructure

English writing clarity

Job description

Overview

Models talk about markets like a textbook and trade like they've never been filled: a strategy that ignores the bid-ask, a hedge that's wrong by a Greek, position sizing with no respect for slippage or where the liquidity actually is. Someone has to know how the trade behaves when real size hits the tape, and that someone is you.

What you’ll actually do

As a Trader you'll evaluate AI reasoning about markets, execution, and strategy, check the mechanics that only show up on a live desk, and write the judgments that teach models how trading actually works.

• Evaluate AI trading strategies: the edge, the risk, and whether it survives real execution.
• Check the market mechanics: spreads, slippage, hedging, and the liquidity assumptions the model glosses over.
• Write the desk-grade answer when the model falls short, with the risk and execution detail a live book demands.

Roles this fits

Common backgrounds: Trader, Execution Trader, Market Maker.

What we look for

• Experience trading or making markets, professionally or in serious personal work.
• Fluency with market microstructure, execution, and risk.
• Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.

Compensation

Up to $125+/hr depending on task difficulty and specialization. Many contributors add $100k–$200k a year; some make it their full-time income.

Hourly rate up to $125+ / hour

Commitment: Flexible hours

Type: Independent contractor

Payouts: Weekly

About DataAnnotation

DataAnnotation is where 1M+ experts train the world’s leading AI models. Hundreds of millions paid to contributors to date, and the average contributor stays 5+ years. Flexible, remote, and always project-available.