Mercor is hiring Fixed Income Trading Experts on behalf of a leading AI research lab developing advanced financial intelligence systems. In this role, you will contribute your domain expertise to help train, evaluate, and improve AI models designed to understand and operate within fixed income markets. Your insights will directly shape how AI systems interpret bond markets, pricing dynamics, and trading strategies. This is a flexible, project-based opportunity ideal for professionals with deep experience in rates, credit, or structured products trading.

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate and improve AI-generated outputs related to:

Bond pricing, yield curves, and spread analysis

Interest rate products (Treasuries, swaps, futures, repos)

Credit markets (IG, HY, distressed debt)

Design realistic trading scenarios and edge cases based on real-world market behavior

Review model reasoning on:

Trade structuring and execution decisions

Risk management (duration, convexity, DV01, liquidity)

Relative value and macro-driven strategies

Provide feedback on accuracy, market intuition, and institutional realism

Annotate datasets and create high-quality training examples for financial AI systems

Collaborate with researchers to refine model performance on trading workflows

Ideal Candidate Profile

Experience:

3–10+ years in fixed income trading, sales & trading, or portfolio management

Background at investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, or proprietary trading firms

Core Requirements:

Day-to-day experience executing fixed income trades (government bonds, corporate credit, rates, securitized products, etc.)

Hands-on experience using Tradeweb or similar electronic trading platforms

Strong familiarity with RFQ workflows, price discovery, and order management systems in fixed income markets

Willingness to provide candid, experience-based feedback on trading tools, workflows, and market structure

Domain Expertise (one or more):

Rates trading (USTs, swaps, curve trades)

Credit trading (corporates, HY, CDS)

Structured products (MBS, ABS, CLOs)

Emerging markets debt

Core Skills:

Strong understanding of bond math (duration, convexity, carry, roll-down)

Market intuition around liquidity, execution, and pricing

Ability to break down complex trades into clear reasoning steps

Nice to Have:

Experience with quant tools (Python, Excel modeling)

Familiarity with Bloomberg, MarketAxess, or similar platforms

Interest in AI/ML applications in finance

Why Join

Contribute to cutting-edge AI systems transforming financial markets

Apply your trading expertise in a novel, high-impact setting

Flexible engagement alongside your current role

Collaborate with top-tier AI researchers and engineers

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.