AlignerrDomain experts
Finance Lecturer
up to $70/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
We're looking for finance lecturers and economists to help shape how the next generation of AI understands financial and economic reasoning. Your expertise will directly influence how AI systems explain valuation, risk, market behavior, and more — making a real impact on one of the most consequential technologies of our time.
What you'll do
- Review and evaluate finance-related questions, explanations, and reasoning used in AI training datasets
- Assess the accuracy and clarity of financial concepts including valuation, risk analysis, and market behavior
- Identify gaps, misconceptions, and errors in AI-generated financial content
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- Provide structured, expert feedback to improve the quality of financial reasoning in AI outputs
- Apply your teaching experience to flag common student misconceptions that AI systems may replicate
- Work independently and asynchronously on a schedule that suits you
Candidate background
Who You Are
- 3+ years of experience teaching finance or economics at the postsecondary level
- Strong command of corporate finance, financial markets, or financial economics
- Able to clearly and critically evaluate written financial reasoning
- Comfortable reviewing and assessing structured content at scale
- Detail-oriented and reliable, with the ability to meet project deadlines independently
Nice to Have
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- Graduate degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field
- Industry or applied finance experience (investment banking, asset management, consulting, etc.)
- Familiarity with AI systems, model evaluation, or data labeling workflows
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Alignerr's words
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Finance Lecturer (AI Training)
About the Role
We're looking for finance lecturers and economists to help shape how the next generation of AI understands financial and economic reasoning. Your expertise will directly influence how AI systems explain valuation, risk, market behavior, and more — making a real impact on one of the most consequential technologies of our time.
- Organization: Alignerr (Powered by Labelbox) - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
* Review and evaluate finance-related questions, explanations, and reasoning used in AI training datasets * Assess the accuracy and clarity of financial concepts including valuation, risk analysis, and market behavior * Identify gaps, misconceptions, and errors in AI-generated financial content * Provide structured, expert feedback to improve the quality of financial reasoning in AI outputs * Apply your teaching experience to flag common student misconceptions that AI systems may replicate * Work independently and asynchronously on a schedule that suits you
Who You Are
* 3+ years of experience teaching finance or economics at the postsecondary level * Strong command of corporate finance, financial markets, or financial economics * Able to clearly and critically evaluate written financial reasoning * Comfortable reviewing and assessing structured content at scale * Detail-oriented and reliable, with the ability to meet project deadlines independently
Nice to Have
* Graduate degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field * Industry or applied finance experience (investment banking, asset management, consulting, etc.) * Familiarity with AI systems, model evaluation, or data labeling workflows
Why Join Us
* Work on cutting-edge AI projects with top research labs * Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule * Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration * Contribute to meaningful work that shapes how AI understands finance and economics * Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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- Billed weekly, Monday to Sunday, with approved work paid by the following Friday, according to Labelbox's help center. Payment goes through Stripe Connect or PayPal depending on your location, with one provider per country. intercom.help/labelbox/en/articles/13600616-alignerr-paym..., alignerr.com/process
- Before your first paid task
- Sign up, apply, verify your identity, set up billing and onboard. Some jobs add a Zara AI interview or domain assessments. alignerr.com/process
- How much work
- Time to your first project depends on demand and your skills, and there is no minimum number of hours. alignerr.com/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, under terms with ALIGNERR LLC. alignerr.com/faqs, alignerr.com/privacy
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Pay across the field: Domain experts
Across 698 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 18 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $130 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $70, is in the middle half. Of the 260 distinct rates we count, 76 are lower and 173 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 148 | $24 to $200 · median $80 |
| micro1 | 136 | $28 to $400 · median $110 |
| AfterQuery | 88 | $45 to $175 · median $100 |
| Handshake AI | 79 | $30 to $300 · median $85 |
| Mercor | 78 | $55 to $450 · median $120 |
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- First seen here on 27 Aug 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
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- Listing ID
- 8fd641b9-cddc-4347-9e63-7c8e900f047f
Pay as the source states it: “$35-70/hr”.
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