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Yukerja Summary
The Market Conduct Specialist - AI Trainer role at mercor is curated from Himalayas (category Hukum). This role is marked as remote — check timezone and location requirements on the official listing. Yukerja.com is not the employer — applications are handled on the official source site.
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Trade Surveillance Expert (Market Abuse & Conduct Monitoring)
Type:Contract
Compensation:$100/hour
Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Review and analyze simulated and real-world trading scenarios for indicators of market abuse.
- Evaluate AI-generated surveillance alerts to determine escalation, closure, or further investigation.
- Develop and refine surveillance evaluation rubrics for Insider Trading, Market Manipulation, Spoofing & Layering, and more.
- Assess trade surveillance workflows and alert investigation methodologies.
- Provide expert feedback on AI-generated case narratives, investigations, and regulatory reasoning.
- Validate whether surveillance conclusions align with applicable regulations and industry best practices.
- Contribute domain expertise to improve AI models used for compliance monitoring and financial crime detection.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 5+ years of experience in Trade Surveillance, Market Surveillance, Market Abuse Monitoring, Compliance Surveillance, or Regulatory Oversight.
- Hands-on experience with surveillance platforms such as Nasdaq SMARTS, NICE Actimize, Eventus Validus, ACA Sigma, SteelEye, eFlow, OneMarket Surveillance, TradingHub, or similar solutions.
- Strong understanding of market abuse regulations and frameworks, including SEC and FINRA regulations, MAR (Market Abuse Regulation), MiFID II, FCA market conduct requirements, and exchange surveillance standards.
- Experience investigating surveillance alerts and documenting case outcomes.
- Familiarity with equities, options, futures, fixed income, FX, commodities, or digital asset markets.
- Ability to clearly articulate investigative reasoning and regulatory conclusions in written form.
- Fluent English communication skills.
Preferred
- Experience at investment banks, broker-dealers, exchanges, regulatory agencies, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, or surveillance technology providers.
- Prior involvement in surveillance model tuning, alert calibration, threshold optimization, or surveillance program design.
- Experience working directly with regulators or responding to regulatory inquiries and examinations.
- Knowledge of algorithmic trading, high-frequency trading, and electronic market structure.
- Certifications such as CAMS, CISI, CFA, FRM, or equivalent compliance-related credentials.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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Originally posted on Himalayas