Junior Developer C++
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making.
About Akuna Capital
Akuna Capital is a global proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, with offices in London, Sydney, Shanghai, and Singapore. The firm provides liquidity as an options market maker across global financial markets, covering products including commodities, indexes, and cryptocurrencies. Akuna designs and develops its own low-latency trading systems, mathematical models, strategies, and infrastructure through its Technology, Trading, Quant, and Operations departments. It also offers an Options 101 course introducing industry fundamentals and options trading concepts.
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About the Role
You will build proprietary trading systems spanning exchange connectivity, trading algorithms, pricing, and automation. You will deliver projects through requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and post-deployment reliability and performance work. You will collaborate across technology, quant, and trading functions and contribute technical solutions.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent technical field
- 0-2 years of experience
- Must graduate by July 2027 or earlier
- Familiarity with modern C++ development and best practices
- Communication and collaboration skills
- Familiarity with data structures, algorithms, and low-level performance optimization
- Familiarity with multithreaded and distributed systems
- Willingness to communicate in English during technical interviews
Responsibilities
- Build high-performance, low-latency systems for exchange connectivity, trading algorithms, pricing, and automation
- Collaborate to identify and deliver high-impact projects
- Own the software development lifecycle from requirements analysis through post-deployment reliability and performance
- Contribute innovative ideas and solutions