AI Engineer – Market Surveillance

The role

You will develop and implement AI-enabled solutions to support market surveillance workflows. You will use Python, SQL, and AI technologies to analyze trading activity and automate processes like alert investigation and trading-pattern analysis.

What you will do

• Develop and implement AI-enabled solutions to support market surveillance workflows
• Apply market surveillance and trading compliance expertise to understand trading behaviours and potential market abuse indicators
• Use Python, SQL and machine learning or LLMs to analyse trading activity
• Work with order, trade and market data to identify patterns and investigate anomalies
• Collaborate with surveillance, compliance and technology teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in market surveillance, trading compliance, market operations or related capital markets technology
• Strong understanding of market surveillance activities, including equities, derivatives, trading activity, alert investigation and surveillance workflows
• Hands-on AI or software engineering experience, with practical skills in Python, SQL and machine learning or LLM-based technologies
• Experience working with order, trade or market data, including analysing trading activity and supporting surveillance or compliance-related processes
• Ability to combine market surveillance knowledge with technical problem-solving

Nice to have

• Familiarity with market surveillance platforms such as Nasdaq SMARTS or NICE Actimize
• Experience with streaming data, anomaly detection or real-time analytics within trading or surveillance environments
• Experience as a Surveillance Technology Developer, Market Surveillance Analyst with engineering experience, or AI Engineer with capital markets surveillance exposure
• Exposure to developing analytical or automation solutions that support surveillance alert investigation, evidence gathering or exception management
• Understanding of market abuse detection, surveillance controls and regulatory compliance processes within capital markets

Benefits

• 100% company-paid health, life, and disability insurance effective from Day 1
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with option for matching employer contribution
• Company-paid Virtual Health Care for employees and dependents/partners
• Company-paid Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) for employees and dependents/partners
• Enhanced parental leave benefits available from Day 1
• Company-sponsored gift for the arrival of a new child
• Fitness reimbursement benefit
• Personalized one-on-one business coaching from Day 1

About the company

Capco is a consulting firm with a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial culture. They deliver technology solutions for Tier 1 financial institutions.