Quantitative Developer
Akuna Capital5 hours ago
Shanghai, ChinaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design and develop production code for trading strategies, including pricing models, execution logic, and performance optimization.
- Develop and improve data and research pipelines.
- Advance the existing codebase and propose new technical solutions and improvements.
- Collaborate with quantitative researchers, traders, and systems engineers to develop high-performance trading software.
- Use large amounts of data to support sophisticated trading strategies and identify market opportunities.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience developing performant, scalable applications in modern C++.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or an equivalent qualification.
- Experience using data to drive decision-making.
- Strong understanding of multithreaded and multicore programming paradigms.
- Experience with high-frequency trading systems is valued.
- Deeper knowledge of at least one relevant field, such as linear algebra, numerical methods, statistics, optimization, signal processing, computer architecture, machine learning, or heterogeneous/high-performance computing.
- Ability and willingness to learn the intricacies of financial markets.
- Ability to react quickly and accurately to changing market conditions and solve mathematical and coding problems.
- Willingness to prepare for and take English technical interviews.
- Passion for financial markets and trading.
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.