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Employer: Akuna Capital
Expires: 05/31/2021
About Akuna:Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market-maker – meaning we are committed to providing 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, including Akuna’s CEO Andrew Killion, 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 Boston.What you’ll do as a Junior Quantitative Trader at Akuna:Akuna’s Quantitative Trading and Research team is looking to add Junior Quant Traders to a team of mathematicians, statisticians and technologists. This team creates trading strategies scientifically by combining its quantitative expertise with sophisticated understanding of derivatives and financial markets.We are searching for creative thinkers who can capture trading opportunities, convert ideas into trading solutions and pilot sophisticated trading strategies with mathematical and programming skills. In this role you will:Manage trading strategies and improve profitability by converting ideas into quantitative modelsImplement trading signals that contribute to portfolio constructionDevelop a deep understanding of derivatives theory and financial marketsGenerate ideas on trading opportunities, product insights, risk management and trading systemQualities that make great candidates:Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree in technical field must be completed upon employmentUnderstanding in advanced Mathematics: Calculus, Stochastic Processes, Linear Algebra, Statistics and OptimizationWorking knowledge of statistical analysis, numerical linear algebra, machine learning or convex optimizationIntermediate programming skills in python or C++Ability to process complex information quickly and accurately under pressureLegal authorization to work in the U.S. is required on the first day of employment including F-1 students using OPT and STEM