Software Engineer - C++, Trading Strategies
Akuna Capital2 months ago
Base Salary
$145k - $145k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and deployment of trading strategies using modern C++.
- Develop and enhance high-performance, low-latency trading software in partnership with traders and researchers.
- Analyze data and market opportunities to support sophisticated, ultra-fast strategies.
- Perform hands-on technical implementation, testing, performance analysis, and high-level architectural design.
- Build software using modern software development best practices.
- Contribute to project and team management leadership opportunities.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience developing performant, scalable applications in modern C++.
- Experience developing trading strategies or demonstrated passion for financial markets.
- Experience using data to drive decision-making.
- Significant experience with distributed systems, data structures, and algorithms.
- Strong understanding of multithreaded and multicore programming paradigms.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or equivalent.
- Ability to react quickly and accurately to changing market conditions and solve math and coding problems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative working style.
Benefits
- Minimum base salary starts at $145,000.
- Eligible for a discretionary performance bonus.
- Comprehensive benefits may include employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement contributions, paid time off, and other benefits.
About Akuna Capital
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm and options market maker that builds low-latency systems and quantitative strategies to provide liquidity in futures and options markets. The firm trades solely with its own capital—no external clients or investors—and earns from market-making and arbitrage. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Chicago, it quotes across major Chicago-based exchanges and operates globally.