Trade Support Engineer
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 install, manage, optimize, and troubleshoot proprietary systems in a production trading environment. You will support trading applications across desktop and server environments, manage software releases, automate operational workflows, build secure pipelines, scale monitoring tools, and respond to critical incidents. You will also maintain your understanding of the architecture and adapt to system updates.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of Linux experience
- Strong command-line navigation skills
- Experience with Linux automation tools
- Proficiency with Python
- Proficiency with Bash
- Knowledge of database structures
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to build cross-functional relationships across global offices
- Sound decision-making in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
- On-call availability outside core business hours or on weekends
- A STEM bachelor's, master's, or PhD is preferred
- Financial markets experience and knowledge of equity and derivative markets are preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide in-office support to trading teams using proprietary trading systems
- Troubleshoot critical issues alongside development, trading, and infrastructure functions
- Own the release process for reliable trading software upgrades
- Configure and manage production trading applications across desktop and server environments
- Automate workflows and repetitive tasks
- Build safe and secure pipelines for operational and system changes
- Scale monitoring tools to improve live-environment visibility
- Master proprietary architecture and adapt to updates
- Support evolving software and system architecture