Rates Trader (Fixed Income)

Location: Remote

Salary: $80–$100 per hour

Company

hirify.global provides consulting support for technology and AI-focused projects.

What you will do

• Evaluate AI-generated trading strategies for rates products.
• Assess market viability across interest rate swaps, swaptions, Treasury futures, SOFR, Eurodollar, and repo instruments.
• Provide structured feedback on algorithmic strategies and trading decisions.
• Identify gaps between AI recommendations and real-world trading practices.
• Recommend improvements to trading logic and quantitative strategy performance.
• Explain market reasoning and collaborate remotely with project and technology teams.

Requirements

• Current or former Rates Trader experience at an investment bank or hedge fund.
• Extensive experience trading interest rate swaps, swaptions, Treasury futures, SOFR or Eurodollar, and repo products.
• Strong understanding of rates-market structure, pricing, and risk management.
• Experience evaluating algorithmic or systematic trading strategies.
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to assess market scenarios and explain complex trading decisions.

Nice to have

• VP-level or Director-level experience on an algorithmic or systematic Rates desk.
• Experience collaborating on trading technology or systems projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote collaboration with project and technology teams.
• Contractor engagement for an AI training project focused on improving algorithmic trading accuracy.