About this role
Role Overview
Help train advanced AI systems to reason through complex surety decisions, from contractor capacity and credit analysis to obligee requirements and bond default resolution. This role draws on the credit focused nature of surety work and is suited to experienced professionals who can apply established market standards to realistic bonding scenarios.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop realistic scenarios involving bid, performance, and payment bonds; single and aggregate capacity; work in progress analysis; indemnity and collateral; commercial and court bonds; and bond default resolution.
- Create capacity recommendations, credit analyses, bond approvals and declinations, obligee form reviews, indemnity requirements, and claim resolution strategies.
- Write high quality reference responses reflecting experienced surety professional judgment.
- Evaluate AI generated responses using structured rubrics for credit judgment, capacity reasoning, contract and bond form accuracy, and realistic default resolution.
- Identify issues such as misread financial statements, overstated capacity, confusion between surety and insurance obligations, mishandled obligee requirements, and unrealistic default or recovery strategies.
- Provide written feedback to improve model performance and participate in office hours and calibration sessions.
Qualifications
- At least 2 years of professional experience in surety underwriting, bond production, surety claims, or contract surety credit analysis.
- Experience with at least one bond category, including contract surety, commercial surety, court and fiduciary bonds, license and permit bonds, or subdivision bonds.
- Ability to interpret contractor financial statements and work in progress schedules and translate them into capacity and credit conclusions.
- Understanding of the three party surety relationship and how indemnity, collateral, and subrogation differ from insurance loss payment.
- Excellent written reasoning, commercial and credit judgment, and close attention to detail.
- Ability to distinguish surety credit decisions from property and casualty risk underwriting and standard claim adjudication.
Preferred Qualifications
- AFSB, CPCU, ARM, CPA, or a comparable designation.
- Experience in both underwriting and surety claims.
- Experience with AIA or other standard bond forms, or public works statutory bond requirements.
- Experience resolving contractor defaults through takeover, tender, financing, or completion agreements.
- Experience with SBA bond guarantees, funds control, or programs for small and emerging contractors.
Work Terms
- Remote hourly role open to candidates located in the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom.
- Minimum commitment of 20 hours per week, with 40 or more hours preferred.
- The role starts immediately, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Compensation
- A flat $800 is paid upon successful completion of the estimated 10 hour onboarding process.
- Following successful completion of onboarding, compensation is $80 per hour.
Application Process
Apply to be considered for the role. Selected candidates complete an estimated 10 hour onboarding process, after which successful participants move to the hourly engagement.