Akuna Capital

Junior Quantitative Developer & Strategist

Chicago, IL · Junior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago

PythonReactObject-Oriented ProgrammingMachine LearningStatisticsSignal ProcessingCollaboration

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.
The team is looking to add both Junior Quant Developers and Junior Quant Strategists who will make a direct and measurable impact on our trading decisions and performance.

No prior experience with financial markets is required.
Bachelors, masters, or PhD degree in a technical field - Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics (or related subject) must be completed upon employment
Experience in object-oriented programming
Desire and ability to learn the intricacies of financial markets
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
Experience with generic and/or parallel programming
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

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.
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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.

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.