Daniel Huber

Team Lead in Financial Technology | Building ML/AI Capabilities

I combine 10+ years of financial technology experience with emerging ML/AI expertise. Currently developing deep learning capabilities while leading a development team in mission-critical financial systems.

About Me

As a Team Lead at Leonteq Securities AG, I lead a development team while coordinating daily operations across offices in Zürich, Singapore, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Guernsey, and Lisbon. Over 10+ years, I've architected mission-critical financial systems—from distributed platforms processing 70 parallel workflows to serving as the global 24/7 support escalation point.

Alongside my leadership role, I'm deeply committed to the AI/ML transformation, investing 15-20 hours weekly in structured learning. I've completed Stanford's Machine Learning Specialization and DeepLearning.AI's Mathematics for ML, and I'm actively building applications that merge my financial expertise with cutting-edge ML capabilities.

My unique profile combines enterprise-scale leadership experience with hands-on ML/AI development skills. I understand what it takes to run mission-critical systems in production—the technical depth, operational excellence, and global coordination required. This positions me well to help organizations deploy AI solutions that are not just innovative, but reliable and scalable.

Experience Highlights

10+
Years C# Development Experience
10+
Years Oracle SQL Experience
10+
Years Capital Markets Experience
3
Years Team Lead Role Experience
10+
Years Financial Technology Experience
1
Year Generative AI Engineering Experience

Leadership & Management

  • Team Leadership (Multi-Location Teams)
  • Project Management
  • Technical Strategy
  • Global Operations Coordination

Technical Expertise

  • Sophis Risque Development
  • Capital Markets
  • Financial Systems
  • Software Architecture

Emerging Skills

  • Generative AI Applications Engineering
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning (In Progress)
  • Mechanistic Interpretability (Early Exploration)

Professional Experience

Jan 2023 - Present · 2 years 6 months

Team Lead Sophis Core Development - Director

Leonteq Securities AG | Leading 4 developers + coordinating global operations across 6 offices

Leading a team of 4 developers while serving as the primary interface between technical team and business stakeholders. Managing incident investigations, estimating requirements for business analysts, and coordinating with operational risk teams. Acting as a shield for the development team by handling stakeholder requests and operational disruptions.

  • Daily coordination of global operations across teams in ZĂĽrich, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guernsey, Amsterdam and Lisbon
  • 24/7 production support escalation point for mission-critical trading platform across all time zones
  • Significantly improved platform stability and release process reliability since assuming team leadership
  • Expert-level incident resolution: Rapid root cause analysis and cross-system issue isolation
  • Requirements analysis and estimation for Business Analyst requests across global stakeholder groups
  • Architected a distributed EOD reporting system with distribution across 70 parallel processes, significantly reducing runtime and improving stability for daily risk reporting, finance, and trading PLA attribution
  • FRTB (Fundamental Review of Trading Book) regulatory implementation
Team Leadership Global Operations Production Support Incident Response Cross-System Debugging Platform Stability Distributed Systems Sophis Risque SCRUM
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 year 9 months

Senior Software Developer - Director

Leonteq Securities AG, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland

Enhanced system monitoring using Grafana and Kibana for real-time analytics. Developed intraday PNL/PLA reporting systems for trading desk. Led critical projects including LIBOR migration.

  • Built monitoring dashboards with Grafana/Kibana (relevant for ML monitoring)
  • Implemented real-time trading analytics and reporting
  • Enhanced mirror booking and implemented a generic booking model driven by business analysts, significantly reducing client onboarding complexity
  • Key contributor to LIBOR migration project
Grafana Kibana Real-time Analytics Data Monitoring
Jan 2016 - Mar 2021 · 5 years 3 months

Software Developer - Associate

Leonteq Securities AG, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland

Progressed through multiple roles focusing on automation, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

  • 2020-2021: Key team member in Sophis version migration (v6.3 to Fusion 7)
  • 2019: Automation tools for Trading & Treasury (C#, WPF, SQL)
  • 2016-2019: Developed analytics platform for full instrument pricing coverage, migrating from Sophis internal models to internal quant pricing engine
  • Part of regulatory projects (MIFID II, SFTR, 871m)
C# WPF SQL Automation Risk Systems
Oct 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 year 3 months

Software Developer - Analyst

Leonteq Securities AG, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland

Focused on reporting automation and distributed system implementation. Automated creation of listed instruments via SmartCo integration.

  • Enhancements for risk reporting systems
  • Barrier Monitoring
  • Automated instrument creation reducing manual work by 80%
Automation Distributed Systems Reporting

Current Focus

Personal development projects pursued in my free time alongside my leadership role (15-20 hours/week)

TradingLab - ML Integration

Personal project combining my financial domain expertise with newly acquired ML skills. Implementing machine learning algorithms to train on backtesting trade data for strategy optimization.

Phase 3 of 4: ML Training Implementation | Personal Project

Deep Learning Specialization

Progressing through DeepLearning.AI courses on neural networks, CNNs, and sequence models.

Internal AI Tooling (MCP Development)

Built mcp-ms-sql-server for database integration. Developing AI workflow automation tools and exploring Claude Code integration for financial workflows.

Exploring AI integration in enterprise workflows

Education

2011 - 2014

Informatik-Ingenieur FH, Computer Science

University of Applied Sciences FHNW

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with focus on practical software engineering, algorithms, and system design. Completed several industry-relevant projects including algorithmic trading, GPU programming, and financial portfolio management systems.

Computer Science Software Engineering Algorithms System Design
2009 - 2011

Mathematics

ETH ZĂĽrich

Mathematics studies at Switzerland's premier technical university, building strong analytical and problem-solving foundations that continue to benefit my technical work.

Mathematics Analytical Thinking Problem Solving

Certificates

Deep Learning Specialization

DeepLearning.AI

Currently enrolled in this advanced course covering neural networks, deep learning, structuring ML projects, CNNs, and sequence models. Building advanced AI capabilities.

In Progress

Mathematics for Machine Learning and Data Science

DeepLearning.AI

Completed comprehensive mathematics program covering linear algebra, calculus, probability, and statistics essential for ML and data science.

Completed: June 2025 View Certificate

Machine Learning Specialization

Stanford University & DeepLearning.AI

Completed comprehensive machine learning program covering supervised learning, unsupervised learning, neural networks, and deep learning fundamentals.

Completed: March 2025 View Certificate

Investing in Structured Products Program

IMD Business School

Advanced program focusing on structured products investment strategies, risk management, and market dynamics in complex financial instruments.

Completed: August 2022 View Certificate

Projects

Personal Finance + ML/AI Projects

Self-directed projects combining financial domain expertise with ML/AI capabilities

Fun Projects

Daisyworld

Interactive Climate Simulation

Interactive simulation of James Lovelock's Daisyworld model, demonstrating planetary self-regulation through feedback mechanisms between life (white/black daisies) and temperature. Enhanced implementation of a complex systems investigation originally explored in high school.

Gen AI Simulation Complex Systems

Quantum Tea Brewing

AI SEO Optimization Experiment

An experimental SEO project exploring LLM optimization through a fictional quantum tea brewing concept. Implements Vercel's AI SEO strategies including structured data, semantic HTML, clear information architecture, and machine-consumable APIs. Built to test how AI search engines discover and parse content.

Gen AI AI SEO Next.js Structured Data LLM Optimization

Alpenglow Learning

Interactive Educational Game Platform

Interactive learning game application built with generative AI technologies. Educational platform designed for children aged 6-7 years who are entering first grade, providing engaging gameplay to support their learning journey.

Gen AI Education Interactive Learning First Grade

Academic Projects

Algorithmic Trading and Text-Mining

Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

Study project combining textual data mining with technical analysis and portfolio theory for automated trading strategies.

University of Applied Sciences FHNW
Java Text Mining Technical Analysis Portfolio Theory

Progressive Graphics File (PGF) on GPU

Feb 2014 - June 2014

GPU-accelerated image processing using wavelet transformation and parallel algorithms for progressive graphics file format optimization.

University of Applied Sciences FHNW
C++ AMP GPU Programming Wavelet Transformation Parallel Algorithms

MyTrendRadar

Sep 2013 - Feb 2014

Portfolio management and trend analysis system developed for Dufour Capital AG, combining financial mathematics with web technologies.

University of Applied Sciences FHNW
Customer: Dufour Capital AG
JavaScript Java Mathematica MySQL Joomla

Technical Skills

Leadership & Team Management

Team Leadership (4 developers) Technical Strategy Project Management Mentoring & Development Stakeholder Communication

Financial Technology (10+ Years)

Sophis Risque Toolkit Structured Products Capital Markets Risk Management Options & Derivatives Bonds & Futures Swaps Trading Systems

Deep expertise in mission-critical financial systems

Programming Languages

C# Oracle SQL JavaScript C++ C++ AMP Solidity Mathematica

Frameworks & Tools

.NET Blazor Visual Studio Visual Studio Code Git JIRA Confluence DevExp Control-M Jenkins Nolio

Learning Journey

500+
Hours of ML/AI Learning
15-20
Hours/Week Investment

Machine Learning

Currently enrolled in comprehensive ML courses, building practical knowledge through hands-on projects and experimentation.

Mechanistic Interpretability

Developing interest in understanding how neural networks work internally. Planning to gain practical knowledge in this area by end of 2025.

Generative AI

Actively experimenting with Claude Code and MCP, building practical applications and understanding AI integration patterns.

Personal Interests

Beyond my professional work, I'm passionate about the intersection of technology, finance, and AI. My personal interests drive continuous learning and exploration in cutting-edge fields.

Machine Learning

Deep diving into ML algorithms, neural networks, and their practical applications in finance and trading.

Gen AI Application Engineering

Building practical applications with generative AI, exploring Claude Code, MCP, and AI-powered tools.

Finance

Passionate about financial markets, derivatives, structured products, and innovative financial technologies.

Algorithmic Trading

Developing and optimizing trading strategies using technical analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, and AI.

Blockchain

Exploring blockchain technologies, smart contracts, and their applications in modern financial systems.

Get In Touch

Feel free to reach out for professional discussions about technology, machine learning, or financial systems.