Daniel Huber

Team Lead - Sophis Core Development

Team Lead at Leonteq with 10+ years in FinTech. Now applying AI agent development to enterprise systems - building internal PoCs with LangChain and contributing to LLM/RAG initiatives.

About Me

I lead the Sophis Core Development team (4 engineers) and coordinate day-to-day changes, releases and incident response with colleagues in Zürich, Singapore and other offices. My work sits close to trading and risk operations, with a focus on reliability, performance and clear communication.

Over the past decade I've worked across pricing/analytics, reporting and automation, and helped migrate Sophis from 6.3 to Fusion 7. I enjoy simplifying workflows and working with teams operating 24/7 systems.

I've completed Stanford's ML Specialization, Mathematics for ML, and Google's 5-day agent course. Now applying these skills professionally - developing internal AI agent proof-of-concepts with LangChain and contributing to AI Foundry's LLM/RAG initiatives.

Experience Highlights

10+
Years Financial Technology
3
Years Team Leadership

Professional Experience

Jan 2023 - Present

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.

  • Contributing to AI Foundry initiative (since Aug 2025) - internal project deploying local LLM infrastructure and RAG applications
  • Delivered internal presentation on AI Agents (Nov 2025)
  • Developing proof-of-concept internal agents using LangChain
  • Lead 4 developers while coordinating cross‑office work with teams in Zürich, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guernsey, Amsterdam and Lisbon
  • Hands‑on development and architecture for Sophis platform components used in real‑time trading
  • Designed a distributed P&L attribution workflow to improve visibility of risk exposures (70 parallel processes)
  • Partnered with quants and risk to translate financial requirements into maintainable solutions
  • Improved platform stability through structured incident reviews and proactive monitoring
  • Contributor to FRTB implementation across trading desks
  • Level‑3 escalation and incident lead for the Sophis Risque platform across time zones (engineering ownership, not a support position)
Team Leadership Global Operations Reliability Incident Response Cross-System Debugging Platform Stability Distributed Systems Sophis Risque SCRUM LLM/RAG AI Agents
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022

Senior Software Developer - Director

Leonteq Securities AG, Zürich, 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, reducing client onboarding complexity
  • Contributor to LIBOR migration
Grafana Kibana Real-time Analytics Data Monitoring
Jan 2016 - Mar 2021

Software Developer - Associate

Leonteq Securities AG, Zürich, Switzerland

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

  • 2020–2021: 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 instrument pricing coverage; migration to internal quant pricing engine
  • Contributed to regulatory projects (MiFID II, SFTR, 871m)
C# WPF SQL Automation Risk Systems
Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

Software Developer - Analyst

Leonteq Securities AG, Zürich, 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; reduced manual work by ~80%
Automation Distributed Systems Reporting

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 Studies

ETH Zürich

Mathematics studies at Switzerland's leading technical university. Built strong foundation in linear algebra, calculus, probability theory, and mathematical analysis. Transitioned to applied computer science to focus on practical implementation of mathematical concepts.

Linear Algebra Calculus Probability Theory Mathematical Analysis

Certificates

5-Day AI Agents Intensive Course

Google & Kaggle · 2025

Agent architectures, tool integration, Google ADK. Built backtest-agent for Kaggle competition.

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Machine Learning Specialization

Stanford University & DeepLearning.AI · March 2025

Supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, deep learning fundamentals.

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Mathematics for ML and Data Science

DeepLearning.AI · June 2025

Linear algebra, calculus, probability, statistics.

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Structured Products Program

IMD Business School · August 2022

Investment strategies, risk management, complex financial instruments.

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Projects

Personal projects applying ML/AI and agent development to financial technology

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

FinTech Domain (10+ Years)

Sophis Risque Structured Products Risk Management Trading Systems Capital Markets

Engineering & Leadership

C# / .NET SQL Distributed Systems Team Leadership Incident Response

Get In Touch

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

CV available on request.