Akuna Capital

Akuna Capital

Platform Engineer Intern, Summer 2027

Chicago, IL · Intern · Internship

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
ReactAWSCloud PlatformsKubernetesPlatform EngineeringData EngineeringCollaboration

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.
  • Each intern takes full ownership of their project, and at the end of the program, has the opportunity to present their work and accomplishments.

Responsibilities

  • You will work within the Platform Engineering Team, gaining expertise through building highly automated operations while monitoring and managing the operational capabilities of systems at Akuna.
  • Support and design the ongoing growth, design, and expansion of our Platform offerings to meet the needs of our internal stakeholders with scalable, reliable, and highly available systems
  • Produce clean, well-tested, and documented code with a clear design to support production infrastructure and systems

Requirements

  • Pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. in a technical field (computer science/engineering, math, physics, or equivalent)
  • 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 Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, and AWS Cloud
  • Experience with cloud computing, networking, data engineering and security

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, Singapore, and London.

Compensation

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

Company info

  • We are seeking Platform Engineer Interns to join our innovative and growing technology team for our 10-week Akunacademy internship program.

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.