Senior AI Engineer

DV Trading LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care Options

Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D

Voluntary LTD, Life & AD&D

Flexible Vacation policy

Retirement plan with employer match

Job summary

DV Trading LLC is building a centralized AI function to govern, standardize, and accelerate firm-wide AI adoption. The Senior AI Engineer will define production patterns for agent systems and ship reference implementations that demonstrate scalable, secure AI workflows.

The role emphasizes building platforms that connect agents to internal databases, APIs, and knowledge sources, while meeting governance requirements in a regulated trading environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering; strong Python.
• Production LLM-powered agent systems shipped (not demos).
• 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.
• Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability.
• Autonomous; strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define firm-wide standards for agent and MCP development.
• Build reference agent applications for business teams.
• Design patterns for connecting agents to internal databases, APIs, and knowledge sources.
• Establish security and governance requirements for AI in a regulated trading environment.
• Partner with Security on AI-specific controls (data access, audit, threat detection).
• Evaluate and adopt infrastructure for agent deployment and observability.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify and deliver high-value use cases.

Skills

Python

LLM agents

Production systems

APIs & DBs

MCP & tool-calling

Security

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Communication

Job description

Overview

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.

Job Responsibilities

• Define firm-wide standards for agent and MCP development
• Build reference agent applications for business teams
• Design patterns for connecting agents to internal databases, APIs, and knowledge sources
• Establish security and governance requirements for AI in a regulated trading environment
• Partner with Security on AI-specific controls (data access, audit, threat detection)
• Evaluate and adopt infrastructure for agent deployment and observability
• Partner with stakeholders to identify and deliver high-value use cases

Requirements

• 5+ years software engineering; strong Python
• Production LLM-powered agent systems shipped (not demos)
• 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
• Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability
• Autonomous; strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred

• 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

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care Options
• Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary LTD, Life & AD&D insurance
• Flexible Vacation policy
• Retirement plan with employer match

Base Salary Range

$200,000—$300,000 USD

DV is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.