Quantitative Analyst

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Quantitative Finance Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $115–$125/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author and review technical tasks for evaluating AI model performance in quantitative finance.
• Produce original problem sets using payoff diagrams, risk charts, return distributions, and time-series plots.
• Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks to ensure accuracy.
• Annotate tasks to improve AI model outputs and strengthen reasoning.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance training data quality.
• Work independently and asynchronously with a flexible schedule .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD in Finance, Financial Economics, or Mathematical Finance, or MS in Quantitative Finance or Financial Engineering with 3+ years experience, or BA/BS in Finance, Math, or Econ with 5+ years experience.
• Working fluency in at least two of: asset pricing, derivatives, stochastic calculus, risk management, portfolio theory.
• Comfortable with payoff diagrams, risk charts, return distributions, and time-series plots.
• Clear technical writing; able to articulate reasoning step-by-step.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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