Daniel Huber

Team Lead in Financial Technology | Learning AI Agents
📧 daniel.huber.dah@gmail.com 🔗 LinkedIn 🐙 GitHub

Professional Summary

Experienced Team Lead with 10+ years in financial technology. Currently leading development team in mission-critical trading systems at Leonteq while pursuing ML/AI learning. Completed Stanford's ML Specialization, Mathematics for ML, and Google's 5-day agent course. Built backtest-agent with Google ADK for a Kaggle competition. Currently applying these agent skills (LangChain) to trading analysis projects. Proven track record in stakeholder management, incident investigation, and team leadership.

10+
Years Financial Technology
3
Years Team Leadership
4
Developers Managed

Professional Experience

Team Lead Sophis Core Development - Director
Leonteq Securities AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Jan 2023 - Present (2+ years)

Leading a team of 4 developers while serving as primary interface between technical team and business stakeholders. Managing incident investigations, requirements estimation for Business Analysts, and coordinating with operational risk teams.

  • Delivered AI agent proof-of-concept: multi-step system that digests research reports (PDFs), semantically matches underlyings to structured products, queries product database via RMQ, and ranks products using multi-model scoring with local LLM infrastructure
  • Global operations leadership: Daily coordination across Zürich, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guernsey, Amsterdam, and Lisbon offices
  • Level‑3 escalation and incident lead for Sophis Risque across time zones (engineering ownership, not a support position)
  • Improved platform stability and release process reliability
  • Requirements analysis and estimation for Business Analyst requests across global stakeholder groups
  • Architected distributed EOD reporting system across 70 parallel processes, reducing runtime and improving stability
  • Effective incident resolution through root cause analysis and cross-system issue isolation
Senior Software Developer - Director
Leonteq Securities AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 9 months)

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

  • Built monitoring dashboards with Grafana/Kibana
  • Implemented real-time trading analytics and reporting
  • Enhanced mirror booking and implementation for a generic booking model driven by business analysts, reducing client onboarding complexity
  • Key contributor to LIBOR migration project
Software Developer - Associate
Leonteq Securities AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Jan 2016 - Mar 2021 (5+ years)

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

  • 2020-2021: Key team member in Sophis Risque 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
  • Part of regulatory projects (MIFID II, SFTR, 871m)
Software Developer - Analyst
Leonteq Securities AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Oct 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 3 months)

Focused on reporting automation and distributed system implementation.

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

Education

Informatik-Ingenieur FH, Computer Science
University of Applied Sciences FHNW
2011 - 2014

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

Mathematics
ETH Zürich
2009 - 2011

Mathematics studies building analytical and problem-solving foundations.

Certifications

Deep Learning Specialization
DeepLearning.AI
In Progress

Neural networks, CNNs, and sequence models.

5-Day AI Agents Intensive Course
Google & Kaggle
Completed: 2025

Hands-on course covering AI agent architectures, tool integration, and multi-agent systems. View Badge

Mathematics for Machine Learning and Data Science
DeepLearning.AI
Completed: June 2025

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

Machine Learning Specialization
Stanford University & DeepLearning.AI
Completed: March 2025

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

Investing in Structured Products Program
IMD Business School
Completed: August 2022

Advanced program focusing on structured products investment strategies, risk management, and market dynamics.

Technical Skills

ML/AI Skills (Personal Development)

Machine Learning (Certified) Google ADK (Kaggle Competition) LangChain & LangGraph (Completed) Agent Architectures & Tool Integration Vector Search & RAG Python

Leadership & Management

Team Leadership Stakeholder Management Project Management SCRUM Incident Investigation

Financial Technology (10+ Years)

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

Solid experience in mission-critical financial systems

Programming

Python C# Oracle SQL JavaScript C++ WPF .NET Blazor Solidity Mathematica

AI Frameworks & DevOps

LangChain LangGraph AiSuite Docker (Learning) Jenkins Control-M DevExpress Firebase Vercel

Languages

German: Native/C2 (First language - Swiss German dialect)
English: Professional/C1 (Business fluent, international financial services)

Current Learning Focus (Personal Time)

Applying agent development to financial systems - 15-20 hours/week

Applying to FinTech

Applying agent concepts to trading analysis and risk management through projects like backtest-agent. Combining 10+ years FinTech domain knowledge with agent development skills. Building practical agent-based solutions for financial systems and trading strategies.

Status: Current focus - Building agent-based financial applications

AI Agent Development

Completed Google's 5-day intensive agent course and LangGraph training. Built backtest-agent using Google ADK for Kaggle competition. Learned tool integration, state management, and multi-agent architectures.

Status: Completed - Courses + Kaggle competition submission

ML/AI Foundations

Completed Stanford Machine Learning Specialization and Mathematics for ML. Built solid understanding of supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, and mathematical foundations.

Status: Completed - 500+ hours invested through 2024

Technical Projects

Personal projects demonstrating ML/AI learning and financial technology expertise

Agent Arena - Agentic Trading Analysis

Agentic learning experiment combining LangGraph and vector search for crypto trading analysis. Explores multi-agent architectures for market data retrieval and strategy evaluation.

Technologies: LangGraph, Vector Search, AI Agents, Python, Crypto Trading | Live Demo | GitHub

Backtest-Agent - Trading Strategy Backtesting Agent

Trading strategy backtesting agent developed for Google's 5-day intensive agent course Kaggle competition. Built using agent frameworks to automate trading strategy analysis and optimization. Practical application of LangGraph and agent development concepts.

Technologies: AI Agents, LangGraph, Trading Strategies, Backtesting, Kaggle | GitHub | Kaggle Course

AstroWatch - Asteroid Tracking ML Project

Real-time asteroid tracking and impact visualization application powered by machine learning. Built with Next.js, Three.js, and TensorFlow.js, providing near-Earth object monitoring with interactive 3D visualizations and AI-driven risk predictions.

Technologies: Next.js, Three.js, TensorFlow.js, Machine Learning, 3D Visualization | Live Demo | GitHub

EtherFlow - Blockchain Analytics Platform

Ethereum transaction analysis platform for visualizing ETH transfer networks. Features multiple visualization modes, advanced analytics, anomaly detection, and wallet behavior profiling. Built with React.js, D3.js, and Alchemy SDK.

Technologies: React.js, D3.js, Alchemy SDK, Blockchain Analytics | Live Demo | GitHub
Generated: January 2025 | Feel free to reach out for professional discussions about technology, machine learning, or financial systems.