Finance Expert - Risk

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands‑on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission.

Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

As a Finance Risk Expert, you will be essential in advancing xAI's cutting‑edge AI systems by providing high‑quality annotations, expert evaluations, and detailed risk reasoning using specialized labeling tools. You will collaborate closely with technical teams to support the development and refinement of new AI capabilities, with a primary focus on quantitative financial risk management domains.

Your expertise will drive the selection and rigorous resolution of complex risk‑related problems — including market risk modeling, credit and counter party risk, liquidity and funding risk, operational and model risk, stress testing & scenario analysis, Value at Risk (VaR)/Expected Shortfall (ES), risk attribution, capital allocation (economic/regulatory), and enterprise‑wide risk frameworks under regulatory regimes (Basel, Dodd‑Frank, IFRS 9, etc.). This role requires exceptional quantitative rigor, rapid adaptation to evolving guidelines, and the ability to deliver precise, technically sound critiques, derivations, and solutions in a fast‑paced environment.

As a Finance Risk Expert, you will directly support xAI's mission by helping train and refine frontier AI models. You will teach the models how risk professionals quantify uncertainties, model tail events, assess portfolio vulnerabilities, ensure regulatory compliance, perform stress testing, and make data‑driven decisions to protect capital and maintain financial stability.

This involves generating high‑quality data across text, voice, and video formats: detailed annotations, model critiques, step‑by‑step risk calculations, audio explanations of methodologies, and occasional structured video sessions. We seek individuals enthusiastic about these core data‑generation activities to advance xAI’s goals in scientific discovery, complex system reasoning, and real‑world risk assessment.

Finance Risk Experts provide labeling, annotation, evaluation, and expert reasoning services in text, voice, and video modalities to support model training and evaluation. Tasks may include recording audio walkthroughs of risk models, participating in video‑based scenario reasoning, or producing detailed quantitative risk analysis traces — all essential functions to fulfill xAI’s mission. All outputs are considered work‑for‑hire and owned by xAI.

• Use proprietary annotation and evaluation software to deliver accurate labels, rankings, critiques, and comprehensive solutions on assigned projects
• Consistently produce high‑quality, curated data that adheres to strict quantitative and regulatory standards
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to develop and iterate on new training tasks, risk‑specific benchmarks, and evaluation frameworks
• Provide constructive feedback to improve the efficiency, precision, and usability of annotation and data‑collection tools
• Select and solve challenging problems from financial risk domains where you have deep expertise — examples include:
• Credit risk and counter party credit risk (PD/LGD/EAD modeling, CVA/DVA/FVA, wrong‑way risk)
• Liquidity risk and funding risk (LCR/NSFR, stress liquidity gaps, contingent funding)
• Operational and model risk assessment & governance
• Stress testing, scenario analysis, and reverse stress testing (CCAR/DFAST, ICAAP)
• Risk attribution, decomposition, and backtesting frameworks
• Economic capital, regulatory…