Trade Surveillance Expert - Compliance
$100 per hourMercor
Job Description
Job Description
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)
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