Akuna Capital

Akuna Capital

Quantitative Researcher - Prediction Markets

Chicago, IL · Junior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 68 days ago
PythonC++Machine LearningStatisticsResearchCollaboration

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About the role

  • Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop data capture pipelines to enable the pricing of a variety of sports contracts (match outcomes, player props, in-game events)
  • Develop and calibrate pricing models using historical data in service of in-play quoting of sports contracts.
  • Build and maintain internal tooling to facilitate all aspects of the research pipeline

Requirements

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in a technical field, such as Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics (or a related subject)
  • 1+ years of experience in a quantitative or programming role, preferably within the trading sector.

Nice to have

  • Proficient programming skills in Python (C++ is a plus)

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.
  • as a Quantitative Researcher at Akuna:
  • This position offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on an exciting new desk at Akuna.

Compensation

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

Benefits

  • Deep understanding of fields such as Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Statistics, Optimization, and Machine Learning

Company info

  • We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market maker - meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell.
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