Economists and Finance Professionals

Job summary

Author and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions and detailed solutions across various economics and finance domains to create AI benchmarks. Responsibilities include rating question difficulty and providing academic references to ensure high-quality, expert-level content.

Job details

Applied Economics & Finance Benchmark Specialist [$77-$98/hr] Economists and finance professionals to write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core economics and finance domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities You Will Be Assigned One Of Two Task Types Question Authoring Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review. Question Verification Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made. Economics & Finance Domains Covered Algorithmic Trading & Market Microstructure, Macroprudential Policy, Behavioral Finance & Experimental Economics, Urban Economics, Tokenomics & Decentralized Finance Role Responsibilities Author original economics and finance questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined all necessary information must be in the problem statement Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above) Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format Supply 1 5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories) For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made Good Candidature PhD or doctoral candidate in Economics, Finance, or a closely related field Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain Strong command of graduate-level economic theory, quantitative methods, and financial modeling Experience with academic research, CFA/CPA certification, or financial industry expertise is a strong plus More About The Opportunity Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week Asynchronous, fully remote work Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

What you’ll do

Author and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions and detailed solutions across various economics and finance domains to create AI benchmarks. Responsibilities include rating question difficulty and providing academic references to ensure high-quality, expert-level content.

Requirements

Candidates should hold a PhD or be a doctoral candidate in Economics or Finance, though a Master's degree with exceptional depth is considered. Strong command of graduate-level theory and quantitative methods is required, with CFA/CPA certifications being a plus.

Listed skills

• precision · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• Attention to detail · Preferred
• Accuracy · Preferred
• English · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Economic Theory
• Financial Modeling
• Quantitative Methods
• Academic Research
• Question Authoring
• Algorithmic Trading
• Market Microstructure
• Macroprudential Policy
• Behavioral Finance
• Urban Economics
• Tokenomics
• Decentralized Finance
• Technical Writing
• Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Science & Research
• Data & Analytics
• Education
• Consulting