Akuna Capital

Akuna Capital

Quantitative Researcher

Chicago, IL · Internship

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 days ago
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About the role

  • About Akuna: Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation.
  • We want all groups to feel empowered to apply, even if you don't meet every qualification.

Responsibilities

  • These teams drive the development of trading strategies and predictive models by combining quantitative rigor with deep expertise in financial markets.
  • Drive improvements in predictive models through rigorous signal and feature research

Requirements

  • BS/MS/PhD degree in a technical field - Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, or similar

Skills

  • They opened the firm's first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world - Chicago.
  • Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.

Compensation

  • In accordance with Illinois Equal Pay Act, the minimum base salary starts at $145,000.

Benefits

  • 3+ years of strong professional work experience in statistics, machine learning or related area
  • Expertise in statistics and machine learning
  • We are looking for talented researchers who can apply and develop machine learning algorithms to contribute to Akuna's strategy portfolio.
  • Develop trading strategies using statistical and machine learning algorithms
  • Design and optimize machine learning workflows to support scalable, efficient, and reproducible research

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