Finance Expert - Macro Research Analyst

About XAI

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 Macro Research Analyst at xAI, you will play a critical role in analyzing global economic forces and translating complex macroeconomic dynamics into actionable insights. You will track and interpret key economic indicators across regions, assess the implications of monetary and fiscal policy decisions, and evaluate how macro trends shape financial markets and risk conditions.

This role sits at the intersection of economics, markets, and strategic decision-making. You will build forecasts and scenario analyses to understand how shifts in growth, inflation, interest rates, currencies, commodities, and geopolitics may affect asset prices and broader market regimes. Your work will inform top‑down investment views and risk assessments, supporting global macro strategies driven by economic fundamentals rather than individual company analysis.

The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, analytically rigorous, and comfortable working in a fast-moving, high‑ownership environment. Consistent with xAI's flat organizational structure, you are expected to be hands‑on, proactive, and able to communicate ideas clearly and concisely to a highly technical and motivated team.

As a Macro Research Analyst, you will contribute directly to this mission by helping the organization understand large-scale economic systems, feedback loops, and regime shifts that shape global outcomes.

You will structure, analyze, and interpret macroeconomic data across countries and regions, transforming noisy and often incomplete information into coherent economic narratives and testable hypotheses. Your research will help identify causal relationships, constraints, and second‑order effects within complex economic systems—insights that are essential for training, evaluating, and applying advanced AI models to real‑world economic and financial questions.

By developing forecasts, scenarios, and risk assessments, you will support xAI's efforts to reason about uncertainty, stress‑test assumptions, and evaluate how shocks propagate through global markets and institutions. Clear communication of your findings will ensure that economic insights are effectively shared across teams, reinforcing xAI's emphasis on rigorous thinking, transparency, and collaborative problem‑solving.

In this role, macroeconomic research is not an end in itself, but a tool for advancing deeper understanding. Your work will help xAI build systems that reason more accurately about economic behavior, policy trade‑offs, and global dynamics—bringing us closer to AI that can meaningfully assist human decision‑making at scale.

The Macro Research Analyst will have broad responsibility for analyzing global macroeconomic conditions and their implications for financial markets and strategic decision‑making. The scope of the role spans data analysis, economic modeling, and synthesis of macroeconomic developments across multiple regions and asset classes.

The role includes management of ongoing monitoring frameworks for key economic indicators, policy developments, and geopolitical risks. The analyst will be expected to independently identify emerging themes, develop forward‑looking scenarios, and assess how macroeconomic shifts may alter market dynamics, risk exposures, and opportunity sets.

The position requires close collaboration with internal stakeholders, with…