Akuna Capital

Akuna Capital

Junior Quantitative Researcher

Chicago, IL · Junior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 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 everyone to feel empowered to apply.

Responsibilities

  • This team creates trading strategies scientifically by combining its quantitative expertise with sophisticated understanding of derivatives and financial markets.
  • Design and implement optimization algorithms for portfolio construction.
  • Develop quantitative models describing market behavior.

Requirements

  • Bachelors, masters, or PhD in a technical field - Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics (or a related subject) must be completed upon employment
  • The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems are essential functions of the role
  • Must be graduating August 2027 or prior
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required on the first day of employment including F-1 students using OPT or STEM

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.
  • The minimum base salary herein was determined in good faith by Akuna Capital LLC.

Benefits

  • 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.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required on the first day of employment including F-1 students using OPT or STEM

This listing is sourced directly from Akuna Capital's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.