Senior Economist (Transformative AI)

Location: Anywhere (Open Globally); remote. U.S. employees must be authorized to work in the U.S.; candidates outside the U.S. are engaged as independent contractors. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $140,000–$190,000 per year, plus benefits for U.S. employees.

Company

hirify.global’ CARMA is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit project focused on managing and reducing catastrophic risks from increasingly powerful AI systems.

What you will do

• Develop economic models to anticipate systemic risks and vulnerabilities created by advanced AI.
• Build scenarios covering deflation, labor displacement, market concentration, financial shocks, and deteriorating living standards.
• Analyze how AI-driven productivity changes may interact with existing economic structures and create inequality or disruption.
• Assess concentration of power across markets, regions, and demographic groups.
• Identify early warning indicators for economic instability and financial system risks.
• Translate economic risk analyses into actionable insights for policymakers, multilateral institutions, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Economics, preferably a PhD, with expertise in labor economics and international economics.
• Strong publication or research record demonstrating original thinking about economic systems and risks.
• Ability to rethink traditional economic models, work with uncertainty and limited data, and evaluate competing theories.
• Excellent writing skills and ability to communicate complex economic concepts to non-specialist audiences.
• Self-motivated research approach, systems thinking, and demonstrated interest in AI’s systemic risks.
• Familiarity with U.S. and EU policy landscapes and a basic understanding of international relations.

Nice to have

• Training in econometrics or other applied quantitative methods.
• Coding proficiency in Python, R, or Rust for economic risk modeling.
• Experience in policy, government, or multilateral institutions.
• Knowledge of systemic risk analysis, complex adaptive systems, macroprudential analysis, or financial stability research.
• Experience with scenario planning, political economy, technological transitions, or behavioral economics.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and intellectually rigorous interdisciplinary environment.
• Significant autonomy to propose and lead original research.
• Collaboration with specialists in international relations, AI, and quantitative modeling.
• Benefits are available to U.S. employees.
• Equal opportunity and inclusive employment practices.