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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