Akuna Capital
Experienced Options Trader - SOFR
Chicago, IL · Senior
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.
- This is a mid-to-senior level role with a clear path to full desk ownership for the right candidate.
Responsibilities
- Akuna's SOFR desk combines systematic pricing infrastructure with trader judgment - you'll be expected to manage your positions decisively while actively contributing to the automation and tooling that drives the desk's edge forward.
- Profitably manage a SOFR options portfolio with full responsibility for P&L and dynamic risk management within prescribed limits
- Develop and refine volatility surface models, term structure analysis, and hedging strategies in close collaboration with our quant and technology teams
- Partner with our technology team to evaluate, improve, and expand the automated trading infrastructure underpinning the desk - including contributing directly to strategy logic, parameter optimization, and signal development
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience trading SOFR, Eurodollar, or short-term interest rate options in an electronic market making environment, with clear P&L accountability
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, or a related quantitative field
- Strong quantitative and analytical instincts, with the ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions
- 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
- Specific experience with CME SR3 market microstructure and electronic liquidity provision
- Familiarity with swap curve dynamics, OIS, Fed Funds, or broader fixed income context
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.
Company info
- We are seeking an experienced electronic options trader to join our SOFR desk.
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