Finance
Rates trader
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Role Title: Rates trader
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
The company is engaging experienced Rates traders to participate in a cutting-edge AI-driven project for a leading investment bank’s algorithmic trading desk. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters. Contributors will evaluate AI agent outputs against genuine market practice and provide specialized insights into rates market structure and trading strategy. This opportunity is ideal for professionals who have direct exposure to rates trading—particularly with interest rate swaps, swaptions, treasury futures, Eurodollar/SOFR, and repo transactions. Hands-on algorithmic or systematic rates trading background is highly valued but is not mandatory.
Scope of Work
- Assess AI-generated trading strategies and outputs for accuracy, risk management, and market realism across rates products.
- Create and refine representative sample tasks with clear project instructions based on real trading scenarios in the rates space.
- Analyze and provide feedback on AI performance in simulated market conditions, identifying strengths and shortcomings of proposed strategies.
- Offer commentary on how AI strategies align (or misalign) with actual desk practices and market structure.
- Collaborate with project leads and technologists to translate domain requirements into actionable guidance for AI model training.
- Document rationale and communicate findings in written and verbal formats for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Current or former experience as a rates trader at an investment bank, hedge fund, or similar institution.
- Significant practical knowledge of interest rate swaps, swaptions, treasury futures, repo, and Eurodollar/SOFR trading.
- Understanding of rates market structure and trading desk operations.
- Background in algorithmic or systematic trading is highly desirable but not essential.
- Strong skills in evaluating trading risk, quantitative strategies, and market scenario analysis.
- Excellent communication abilities—both written and verbal.
- Discipline and reliability in a remote and collaborative project environment.
Skills
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Remote work discipline
- Interest rate swaps trading
- Swaptions trading
- Treasury futures trading
- Repo trading
- Sofr/eurodollar trading
- Algorithmic trading
- Systematic trading
- Rates market structure knowledge
- Trading risk management
- Quantitative strategy evaluation
- Market scenario analysis
- Technology collaboration
This role at a glance
At $80–$100/hr, the Rates trader role comes to about $6,930–$8,670 a month for 20 hours a week, or $13,870–$17,330 a month full time — roughly $166,000–$208,000 over a full year. These are estimates before tax; contract roles are paid for the hours you work. It was posted 16 days ago. Finance roles listed on RemoteJobsOne have stayed open a median of 18 days before closing, counted over the 22 that have closed so far.
20 hours a week
$6,930–$8,670
a month, before tax
Full time
$13,870–$17,330
a month at 40 hours a week
A full year
$166,000–$208,000
full time, 52 weeks
Open for
16 days
Finance roles here close after about 18 days, counted over 22 that have closed. Apply while it is open.
How this pay compares
This role pays $80–$100/hr. Across the 13 hourly finance roles open on RemoteJobsOne right now, the median runs from $120 to $150 an hour, and published rates range from $30 to $350. Its top rate of $100 sits below the category's median floor.
This role
$80–$100/hr
Finance median
$120–$150/hr · full spread $30 to $350
What these skills pay
Hourly pay across every open role on RemoteJobsOne that asks for the same skills as this one.
- Verbal communication$65–$95/hr median
28 open roles · up to $400/hr
- Written communication$90–$140/hr median
47 open roles · up to $400/hr
Questions about this role
How much does the Rates trader role pay?
It pays $80–$100/hr, which is about $13,870–$17,330 a month full time before tax. The rate is set by the employer and shown exactly as published.
Compare pay across remote rolesIs this Rates trader job fully remote?
Yes. It is listed as a fully remote role, with the posting naming Global. You work from home, on your own equipment.
Is it full-time, part-time or contract work?
It is a contract role: you are paid for the hours you work, and you choose how many to take on within what the employer needs.
How remote contract work worksWhat skills does the Rates trader role ask for?
The posting asks for Written communication, Verbal communication, Remote work discipline, Interest rate swaps trading, Swaptions trading and Treasury futures trading. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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