Freelance Finance Experts at AI Startup

Lightly AG is an ETH and HSG spin-off pioneering in machine learning and computer vision. Backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors, our technology is used by global leaders in autonomous driving, medical imaging, and visual inspection.

With a small but sharp team in Zurich, we’re looking for analytical and driven Finance Professionals to help us translate complex finance concepts into AI-readable formats.

This role suits someone with a background in finance, economics, or engineering with experience in any of the following:

- Corporate Finance

- Private Equity / Venture Capital

- M&A / Investment Banking

- Asset Management

- Accounting

Estimated project scope of approximately 15 hours/week . Project expected to begin early July .
Tasks

We are launching a project focused on evaluating AI-generated financial analysis and market event reasoning. You'll review AI outputs covering stock price movements, earnings events, commodity dynamics, and cross-market relationships — and assess whether the AI's logic actually holds up.

You'll be a good fit if you have experience in equity research, financial analysis, or quantitative finance , and are comfortable with:

- OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) stock data and price-volume relationships

- Earnings-driven price movements and market event analysis

- Commodity markets — energy (crude, natural gas), metals (gold, silver, copper), agriculture (corn, soybeans, wheat, coffee)

- Cross-channel analysis — understanding how price channels and volume interact

- Financial news verification — checking whether cited market events actually happened

Requirements
You’re a strong candidate if you:

- Are fluent in English

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Have strong analytical and quantitative skills and are confident working with financial models and valuation frameworks

- Communicate clearly and precisely

Benefits

- Work directly with a YC-backed team on cutting-edge AI evaluation projects

- Competitive compensation tailored to experience and scope of work

Send us your CV and a short note about why this role excites you. If you’ve handled similar tasks before, we’d love to hear specific examples.
We look forward to hearing from you!

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