Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research lab to hire Fixed Income Trading Experts to help train and evaluate next-generation AI systems for institutional fixed income markets.If you have experience trading rates, credit, structured products, or emerging market debt, this is an opportunity to apply your market expertise to cutting-edge AI research.What You'll DoEvaluate AI-generated outputs related to: Bond pricing, Yield curves, Spread analysis, Interest rate products, Credit markets, Structured productsDesign realistic trading scenarios and institutional market edge cases.Review AI reasoning on: Trade structuring, Trade execution, Duration & convexity, DV01 analysis, Liquidity assessment, Relative value strategies, Macro-driven trading ideasCreate high-quality training examples and annotated datasets to improve financial AI systems.Collaborate directly with AI researchers to improve model performance across fixed income trading workflows.Ideal BackgroundWe're looking for professionals with 3–10+ years of experience in: Fixed Income Trading, Sales & Trading, Portfolio Management, Rates Trading, Credit Trading, Structured ProductsExperience at: Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Proprietary Trading FirmsDomain ExpertiseExperience in one or more of: Government Bonds, U.S. Treasuries, Interest Rate Swaps, Futures & Repos, Investment Grade Credit, High Yield Credit, CDS, MBS, ABS, CLOs, Emerging Market DebtRequirementsDay-to-day fixed income trading experienceHands-on experience with Tradeweb or similar electronic trading platformsFamiliarity with RFQ workflows, price discovery, and order management systemsStrong understanding of: Duration, Convexity, Carry & Roll-down, Bond pricing, Liquidity, Execution strategiesAbility to clearly explain institutional trading decisionsNice to HavePython or Excel modelingBloomberg TerminalMarketAxessAI/ML interest within financial marketsWhy Join?Help build AI systems for institutional fixed income marketsApply real-world trading expertise to frontier AI researchFlexible remote engagementCollaborate with leading AI researchers and engineers