Accountant
Coinbase
PythonSQL
Quant Tutor, AI
x.ai
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Palo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $45 - $100 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
MacOSPython
About the role
- Use proprietary software applications to provide input/labels on defined projects.
- Support and ensure the delivery of high-quality curated data.
- Play a pivotal role in supporting and contributing to the training of new tasks, working closely with the technical staff to ensure the successful development and implementation of cutting-edge initiatives/technologies.
- Interact with the technical staff to help improve the design of efficient annotation tools.
- Choose problems from quantitative finance fields that align with your expertise, focusing on areas like portfolio optimization, derivatives pricing, or high-frequency trading backtests, providing rigorous solutions and model critiques where you can confidently provide detailed solutions and evaluate model responses.
- Regularly interpret, analyze, and execute tasks based on given instructions.
- Actively participate in gathering or providing data, such as text, voice, and video data, sometimes providing annotations, recording audio, or participating in video sessions.
- Acknowledge that all work is done for hire and owned by xAI.
Requirements
- Must possess a Master's or PhD in a quantitative finance-related field (Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Economics with quantitative focus, or related disciplines) or equivalent professional experience as a quantitative trader or analyst.
- Proficiency in reading and writing, both in informal and professional English.
- Strong ability to navigate various financial information resources, databases, and online resources (e.g., Bloomberg, Reuters, SEC filings).
- Outstanding communication, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational capabilities.
- Solid reading comprehension skills combined with the capacity to exercise autonomous judgment even when presented with limited data/material.
- Strong passion for and commitment to technological advancements and innovation in quantitative finance.
- Comfortable and eager to gather or provide data, such as text, voice, and video data, sometimes providing annotations, recording audio, or participating in video sessions.
- For Palo Alto in-office option: must be able to work 5 days per week; remote positions require strong self-motivation.
- If based in the US, cannot be located in the states of Wyoming or Illinois.
- We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
- Team members are expected to work from 9:00am - 5:30pm PST for the first two weeks of training and 9:00am - 5:30pm in their own timezone thereafter.
- Device requirements for personal device work: Chromebook, Mac with MacOS 11.0 or later, or Windows 10 or later.
- Must own and have reliable access to a smartphone.
- Preferred: Professional experience as a quantitative trader or analyst; at least one publication in a reputable finance or economics journal or outlet; teaching experience as a professor; familiarity with Python/R for financial scripting or ML libraries (e.g., QuantLib); FRM, CQF, PRM, CAIA, or CFA certifications.
Benefits
- $45/hour - $100/hour
- Hourly pay is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI
- Specific benefits vary by country; depending on your country of residence you may have access to medical benefits
- We do not offer benefits for part-time roles
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
quantitative financeportfolio optimizationderivatives pricinghigh-frequency tradingPythonRQuantLibdata annotationdata analysisfinancial modeling
Soft skills
communicationinterpersonal skillsanalytical skillsorganizational skillsreading comprehensionautonomous judgmentself-motivationteam collaborationproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
FRMCQFPRMCAIACFA
