Machine Learning / AI Engineer
About the Role
At Da Vinci Trading, we’re not just building trading systems, we’re building the future of intelligence in the markets. Our teams of researchers, quants, engineers and traders collaborate to push the boundaries of what's possible. If you’re passionate about machine learning, statistical modelling, and want your work to directly impact performance in real‑world financial markets, you’ll feel right at home here.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, and deploy novel ML/AI models for prediction, signal generation, and anomaly detection.
- Work closely with the Quant Research and Trading Intelligence teams to translate insights into live strategies.
- Explore state‑of‑the‑art techniques (e.g., deep learning, reinforcement learning, graph neural networks) and rigorously evaluate their applicability in financial domains.
- Analyze large, noisy, high‑frequency data streams; performing advanced feature engineering, data cleaning, and bias detection.
- Collaborate with our systems and infrastructure engineers to ensure models are productionised efficiently and reliably.
- Own the full lifecycle of your models, including performance monitoring, backtesting, risk assessment, and ensuring robustness.
Requirements:
- A strong academic background (MSc, PhD or equivalent) in Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Hands‑on experience building and deploying ML/AI models, especially for time‑series forecasting or anomaly detection.
- Proficiency in Python and common ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, scikit‑learn).
- Solid programming and software development skills, with experience in a production environment.
- Experience with core data and infrastructure tools like Docker, S3/MinIO, and PostgreSQL/OLAP databases.
- A deep, intuitive understanding of topics like overfitting, generalization, and feature engineering.
- Intellectual curiosity: you enjoy reading papers, keeping up with the latest in ML/AI, and experimenting with new ideas.
- The ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and collaborate effectively in a high‑performance team.
Pre’s:
- MLOps pipelines and tools (e.g., MLFlow, ClearML, Weights & Biases).
- High-performance computing and GPU optimization (e.g., CUDA, TensorRT).
- LLMs and related techniques like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
- Agentic AI applications and their surrounding toolchains (e.g., LangChain, Haystack)
Benefits
- An opportunity to work beside the best in the field
- Competitive base salary based on experience
- Excellent variable pay and growth opportunities
- A relocation package when moving from abroad, including a relocation budget, flight coverage, house-finding service and expat support
- Fresh breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared by our in-house chef
- Social events and after-work drinks
- Reimbursement of travel costs to and from the office
- Sponsored gym membership
- In-house game room (pool table, board games and console games)
Top Skills
What We Do
Da Vinci was founded in 2015 after a group of passionate trading experts found themselves desiring a new way of working. They wanted to do things differently. At Da Vinci, our goal is to build the best proprietary trading house in the world by doing just that. We strive to keep our work smart and innovative, making the most of our team’s strategic minds to challenge existing ways of thinking. We’ve established a unique approach to trading and have high standards for company culture. We are headquartered in the home of the world’s first stock market — Amsterdam — and spend each day immersed in the city’s rich financial and trading history.
Becoming the best in the world means building a team of first-rate talent with the most innovative ideas. The real value comes from how we work and grow together, making working at Da Vinci challenging and rewarding. We have a lot of fun and truly enjoy what we do; at Da Vinci, we value collaboration, so you can find traders, software engineers, researchers and founders working closely together every day. We are nonhierarchical, support employees moving flexibly within the firm and place no limit on personal growth. No matter their role, everyone is key to sustainably growing Da Vinci into the business we know it can be.
We value excellence in everything we do, encourage employees to take ownership of their work. We believe that our colleagues must consistently feel stimulated and supported in order to reach their full potential and achieve our ambitious goals.
