AI Engineer (Senior)

AI Lynx S.r.l.; Napoli; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from Italy

Occasional meetings in Naples

Job summary

AI Lynx S.r.l., based in Naples, seeks a data science/ML specialist to design and run reproducible experiments on financial time series, validate results out of sample, and deploy models into production inside VEGA. You will collaborate with researchers and contribute to a growing pipeline, with frontier AI tools and a research-driven culture.

Remote work from Italy is available, with occasional meetings in Naples or on-site at Centro Direzionale.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or physics or equivalent.
• Strong grounding in ML/DL, probability, statistics and linear algebra.
• At least one substantial ML project (academic projects included).
• Experience with time series modeling and evaluation.
• Ability to run reproducible experiments and maintain tracking.

Responsibilities

• Design and run reproducible experiments on financial time series: features, models, validation, and historical simulations.
• Test results out of sample and ensure replication.
• Take models into production inside VEGA and related products.
• Collaborate with university researchers we work with.
• Use frontier AI tools for research and refine their use.

Skills

ML/DL fundamentals

Time series experience

Reproducible experiments

Production deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics

Job description

In a financial time series, the signal—when there is one—is weak. Most experiments lead nowhere, and a single validation error produces results that look beautiful and are false. The job is to find what holds up out of sample and take it into production, inside an app that’s about to launch.

We’re AI Lynx, based in Naples. We trained, validated, and deployed the model that runs inside VEGA ourselves—VEGA is our quantitative investment analysis app for self-directed investors, and it’s ready to go to market. We carry out our research together with universities and research centres: that’s how we work. More fintech products are in the pipeline, the next one for banks and investment managers, and we’ll build their models with you.

You’ll contribute from day one and take ownership of the technical direction of a growing team, working closely with our CTO as a second pair of eyes. The model you validate goes into production inside VEGA: at this stage there’s no other team in between.

What you’ll do

• Design and run reproducible experiments on financial time series: features, models, validation, and historical simulations.
• Test your results out of sample. House rule: a result that doesn’t replicate doesn’t count.
• Take models into production, inside VEGA and the products in our pipeline.
• Work with researchers from the universities we collaborate with.
• Use frontier AI tools, including for research, and work with us to refine how we use them.

What to expect

• A gross annual salary of €45,000–€60,000, plus benefits.
• Experiments that are yours, end to end: from hypothesis to model in production.
• Most experiments never make it into production. If you need to see a result every week, you’ll struggle here.
• Technical ownership from day one: you’ll be the point of reference for a small, growing team.
• You can publish, within one limit: general scientific work, yes; details of the financial domain, no.
• Remote working from Italy, with a few meetings in Naples during the year, or on-site at the Centro Direzionale. Start date: autumn 2026.

What we’re looking for

• A degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or physics, or an equivalent background you can demonstrate.
• Grounding in ML/DL fundamentals—training, evaluation, generalisation and solid mathematics: probability, statistics, and linear algebra.
• At least one substantial ML project, academic projects included, whose choices, mistakes, and limitations you can discuss.
• Tracked, reproducible experiments, and the patience to stay with a problem that won’t give way for weeks.
• Models you have taken into production.
• Experience with time series.

A plus: a project outside your main area (CV, NLP, or something else), which tells us how quickly you get up to speed in a new domain; experience with financial data or an interest in finance and trading; publications or competitions.

Our selection process

We’ll respond within 10 business days of your application. Interviews begin in October, and the process from the first interview to an offer takes 3–4 weeks.