Junior Quantitative Researcher
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. It provides liquidity across global financial markets using advanced technology, quantitative research, trading strategies, and automation.
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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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You develop trading strategies with statistical and machine learning algorithms, design optimization algorithms for portfolio construction, and build quantitative models describing market behavior. You also advance existing initiatives and explore new research topics.
Requirements
- Completed bachelor's, master's, or PhD degree in engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field upon employment
- Expertise in statistics and machine learning
- Experience building mathematical models for complex real-world problems
- Intermediate Python programming skills
- Graduating August 2027 or prior
- GPA of 3.5 or above
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. on the first day of employment
Responsibilities
- Develop trading strategies using statistical algorithms
- Develop trading strategies using machine learning algorithms
- Design and implement optimization algorithms for portfolio construction
- Develop quantitative models describing market behavior
- Advance existing initiatives
- Explore opportunities for new research topics
Benefits
- Employer-paid medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement contributions
- Paid time off
- Discretionary performance bonus