Member of Technical Staff, Finance Research

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This is a fully remote position open to candidates based in United Arab Emirates.

Pay: $400000$800000/yr

Job Title: Member of Technical Staff Finance Research

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Remote

The Role

Join our research team as a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) Finance Research where youll help define the frontier of AI-powered financial reasoning. This role sits at the intersection of large language models agentic systems and enterprise finance with a focus on building rigorous evaluation frameworks that measure benchmark and advance AI performance across complex financial workflows.

You will conduct applied research develop novel methodologies for assessing financial intelligence in AI systems and partner closely with researchers engineers and product teams to shape the next generation of enterprise AI.

What Youll Be Doing

1. Design own and evolve evaluation frameworks for AI agents operating in financial domains including benchmark suites scoring methodologies quality rubrics and research-grade evaluation protocols.
2. Conduct original research on financial reasoning decision-making and workflow automation translating findings into measurable improvements in AI system performance.
3. Develop and curate datasets test cases and benchmark environments that capture real-world enterprise finance challenges.
4. Collaborate with AI researchers machine learning engineers and product teams to evaluate validate and improve finance-focused models and agentic systems.
5. Analyze model behavior failure modes and performance trends to generate actionable insights and guide research priorities.
6. Publish internal research findings technical reports and best practices that contribute to the broader understanding of AI capabilities in finance.
7. Stay current with advances in AI machine learning financial modeling evaluation science and agent architectures incorporating emerging techniques into research initiatives.
8. Help establish research standards and thought leadership for enterprise financial intelligence and AI evaluation.
9. Foster a culture of scientific rigor experimentation and collaborative innovation within a distributed research environment.

What Were Looking For

1. Advanced degree in Finance Economics Financial Engineering Quantitative Finance or a related field (PhD strongly preferred; MBA CFA or equivalent expertise also considered).
2. Deep domain expertise in one or more areas of finance including investment research capital markets risk management corporate finance accounting or financial analysis.
3. Demonstrated experience conducting rigorous research developing analytical methodologies or building evaluation frameworks in finance or related quantitative disciplines.
4. Strong ability to translate ambiguous real-world financial problems into measurable research questions and evaluation criteria.
5. Exceptional analytical and critical-thinking skills with a track record of solving complex multidisciplinary problems.
6. Excellent written and verbal communication skills including experience producing research reports technical documentation or thought leadership content.
7. Experience working in highly collaborative cross-functional environments involving research engineering and product stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience evaluating benchmarking or researching large language models AI agents reasoning systems or enterprise AI applications.
2. Familiarity with agentic workflows AI evaluation methodologies synthetic data generation or model alignment techniques.
3. Knowledge of contemporary research in machine learning financial AI decision intelligence or computational finance.
4. Experience designing industry benchmarks assessment frameworks or performance standards.
5. Publication record in academic conferences journals industry research or influential technical publications.
6. Proficiency with data analysis experimentation or quantitative research tools (e.g. Python SQL statistical analysis or machine learning frameworks).

Compensation & Benefits Notice

The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $200000 $250000. All employees are eligible for equity compensation and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses dependent on role and subject to company policies. The company provides a comprehensive benefits package including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums paid time off a 401(K) plan with a company match and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing remote-first workforce.

the company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation or gender identity) national origin age disability genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process reach out to us by replying to our email.

Our hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement not replace human decision-making.

Disclaimer

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