Software Engineer (Entry-Level) - Python
Akuna CapitalBase Salary
$145k - $145k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement software solutions for complex trading and market-data problems.
- Build high-performance systems that process and analyze large volumes of trading and market data.
- Work with software engineers and traders to obtain requirements, find solutions, and implement code.
- Develop trading infrastructure, algorithms, exchange gateways, or data-capture and analysis systems.
- Create systems from the ground up and adapt them to rapidly changing market conditions.
Requirements
- Pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. in a technical field such as computer science, engineering, mathematics, or physics.
- Graduating by August 2027.
- Major GPA of 3.5 or above.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. on the first day of employment, including authorization through F-1 OPT or STEM.
- Strong object-oriented Python programming skills.
- Demonstrated experience with distributed systems.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and independent-working abilities.
- Ability to create clean, concise, understandable, and testable code and respond accurately to changing market conditions.
- Resume must be submitted in PDF format.
Benefits
- Training and continuous education are provided for all engineers.
- The role may join the Post Trade Technology, Data Engineering, or Crypto teams.
- Minimum annualized base salary starts at $145,000.
- U.S. work authorization is required on the first day of employment, including F-1 students using OPT or STEM.
About Akuna Capital
Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on cutting-edge technology, data driven decisions and automation. Our core competency is providing liquidity as an options market-maker – meaning we provide competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies and mathematical models. Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. 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, and London. We are the leading options market-maker to successfully enter the industry in recent years with sustainable growth. By providing more liquidity to the markets through rapid innovation, we have the advantage of youth in remaining nimble and agile in an ever-changing competitive landscape. Akuna has no clients or external investors, we trade only with the company’s capital. We have dozens of employee-shareholders and this number continues to grow. We are really proud of what we have accomplished since inception, but even more excited for all that lies ahead of us. We are still building, accessing new markets, trading new products, and creating new strategies, giving you the opportunity to be involved in shaping the future of Akuna. Indeed, the great majority of Akuna’s growth profile is ahead of us. Visit Us: A 360 Virtual Reality Experience: https://vr.akunacapital.com