AI/ML engineer (9 yrs, industrial), CFA L1, L2 in 2027, in Austria — can this profile break into DACH IB/PE ?
Reality check wanted from the European side.
9 years building production ML in heavy industry (steel, refractories, oil & gas). Two MScs, CFA L1 passed, L2 in 2027. Austria-based, German B2, citizenship in progress. Target window: late 2027–early 2028.
Three questions:
- Do European IB/PE shops hire ML engineers into deal-adjacent roles, or does that profile die in the IT/COO org?
- Does CFA matter for a technical lateral, or is it noise outside ER/AM?
- Is commodity/energy trading analytics (OMV, Verbund, Trafigura, Glencore) the more realistic door than IB?
Already doing: charterholder outreach, applications out, building an agentic AI project to close the gap.
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