DV Trading
Senior AI Engineer
Chicago; New York · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$300kDetected 28 days ago
PythonKubernetesCI/CDNLPLLMsLLMOpsDetection EngineeringCommunication
About the role
- Define firm-wide standards for agent and MCP development
- Evaluate and adopt infrastructure for agent deployment and observability
Responsibilities
- Build reference agent applications for business teams
- Design patterns for connecting agents to internal databases, APIs, and knowledge sources
- Partner with Security on AI-specific controls (data access, audit, threat detection)
- Partner with stakeholders to identify and deliver high-value use cases
Requirements
- 5+ years software engineering
- Experience integrating agents with databases, APIs, and internal data sources
- MCP and/or tool-calling experience in production
- Security experience in regulated or sensitive-data environments
Nice to have
- Prop trading, hedge fund, or financial services
- Firm-wide platform or standards work
- Multi-model environments (Claude, GPT, etc.)
- Agent evaluation and testing in production
Compensation
- $200,000 - $300,000 USD
- The range below reflects the expected base salary for this position.
- Base Salary Range
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care Options
- Flexible Vacation policy
- Retirement plan with employer match
- This role is also eligible for a discretionary bonus (at DV Trading's discretion) and DV Trading's benefits package, including the benefits listed above.
- It represents a good-faith estimate of the base pay we anticipate offering, with actual compensation determined by your experience, education, skills, and performance throughout the interview process.
Company info
- Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 600 people operating throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
- Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.
- Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users.
- DV Trading is building a centralized AI function to govern, standardize, and accelerate firm-wide AI adoption.
- The Senior AI Engineer defines how the firm builds production agent systems and ships reference implementations that demonstrate the patterns in production.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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