About The Position
Mentis AI works at the intersection of institutional investment expertise and frontier AI systems. Our team combines deep asset management experience (Lazard, Partners Group) with machine learning and applied AI research. Operating across London and San Francisco, we collaborate with leading AI labs to improve how models reason, generalize, and make decisions in high-stakes financial contexts. The Opportunity This residency is designed for senior research analysts and portfolio managers who want exposure and a meaningful experience towards the direction of AI in your domain and earn early, practical exposure at using advanced AI system.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience at a major long-only institutional manager (e.g. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citibank, U.S Bank, Capital One, PNC Bank, Goldman Sachs, Truist Bank, TD Bank)
- Senior Research Analyst or Portfolio Manager level
- Deep expertise in equities, fixed income, or multi-asset portfolio management
- Experience conducting fundamental analysis, writing investment commentary, and engaging with company management or issuers
- Familiarity with client reporting, risk attribution, and investment policy constraints
- Genuine intellectual curiosity about the application of AI in institutional finance
Responsibilities
- Develop and iterate realistic prompts that you would ask a junior role to test the relevance and quality of AI-generated insights.
- Compare human vs. machine judgment: Systematically evaluate divergence between professional investment reasoning and AI outputs across corporate, SME and retail banking.
- Design frameworks: Translate how commercial banks access clients, structure loans and credit facilities, manage balance sheet and risk into problems that push the limits of AI reasoning.
- Construct expert benchmarks: Build and validate real-world credit cases, client-coverage systems and portfolio management frameworks used to evaluate frontier AI systems.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
