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Program Overview
Handshake is recruiting exceptional finance experts who have completed a degree in Finance, Economics, or Quantitative Disciplines (e.g., CPA/MSc/PhD in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Economics, or Applied Mathematics) to join our AI research community.

Finance should be part of your everyday work - whether you’re a quantitative analyst, portfolio manager, financial economist, risk manager, or investment strategist. This program brings subject-matter experts together to enhance the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) within specialized financial domains and subdomains.

• Earn competitive pay for your expertise

• Put AI to the test with real-world finance expertise and evaluate where it excels or fails

• Join a community of quants, economists, researchers, and AI scientists from top institutions

Program Details

• Pay is $90/hr+, will provide extra incentive bonuses for project milestones

• Remote and asynchronous – work independently from wherever you are

• Flexible hours with 15+ hours per week commitment

• Project work includes creating domain-specific prompts, rubrics and evaluating LLM responses in areas such as:

  • Financial econometrics and market modeling

  • Time series forecasting and macroeconomic analysis

  • Portfolio optimization and risk modeling

  • Behavioral finance and investor sentiment analysis

• Dedicate time researching topics of interest with AI as your collaborator

• Learn new skills while contributing to AI’s role in the future of finance