AI Engineer

DV Trading

$150K — $250K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience; strong proficiency in Python.
  • Proven experience in deploying production agent systems, not just demos.
  • Experience in shipping web applications or backend services commercially.
  • Hands-on experience with large language model (LLM)-powered applications.
  • Comfortable integrating with internal databases and APIs.
  • Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders to refine requirements and iterate on them.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, CI/CD principles, or observability tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Build and deploy production-ready agent applications for business users.
  • Integrate AI agents with internal databases, APIs, and operational data sources.
  • Develop starter templates for safe and consistent AI builds across teams.
  • Collaborate with various teams to identify and prioritize new agent use cases.
  • Contribute to established standards while integrating improvements from production insights.

Benefits

  • Discretionary bonus eligibility provides performance-based incentives.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Flexible Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care options available.
  • Employer-paid life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
  • Voluntary long-term disability (LTD) and additional life insurance options.
  • A flexible vacation policy promotes work-life balance.
  • Retirement plan with employer matching contributes to long-term financial security.
Full Job Description
Overview:

DV Trading is building a centralized AI function to deliver production agent applications for teams across the firm. The AI Engineer ships agent-powered tools that business users rely on daily, building on team standards for security, deployment, and observability.

Job Responsibilities:

- Build and deploy production agent applications for business stakeholders
- Integrate agents with internal databases, APIs, and operational data sources
- Develop starter templates that teams can inherit for consistent, safe AI builds
- Partner with teams across the firm to identify and prioritize new agent use cases
- Work within established agent and MCP standards; contribute improvements from production learnings

Requirements:

- 3+ years software engineering; strong Python
- Experience building and shipping production agent systems (not demos or prototypes)
- Experience building and shipping web applications or backend services in production
- Hands-on experience with LLM-powered applications or agent tool-calling
- Comfort integrating with databases and internal APIs
- Ability to work directly with business stakeholders to refine requirements and iterate
- Kubernetes, CI/CD, or observability experience a plus

Preferred:

- Financial services or trading operations environment
- Experience with MCP or similar tool-access patterns
- Full-stack capability (API + UI) for internal tools

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

The range below reflects the expected base salary for this position. 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. 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.

Base Salary Range

$150,000-$250,000 USD

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