We are looking for Junior Quantitative Developers to join our Data Infrastructure team in our Chicago office.

At Akuna, we believe that our data provides a key competitive advantage and is a critical part to the success of our business. Our Data Infrastructure team is composed of world class talent and has been entrusted with the responsibility of building and maintaining our data pipelines. Our pipelines start with gathering data from disparate sources across the globe and end with the generation of complex datasets used by our Trading, Quantitative and Support staff. Along the way, we build tools to access, validate and monitor the data in efficient and intuitive ways. At each step of our pipeline we choose the best tools and technologies available.

What you’ll do as a Junior Quant Developer at Akuna:

• Work closely with Developers, Quants, Traders and Support personnel to create and maintain datasets that play a key role in our business
• Design and build Python/C++ tools that provide performant access to our data
• Monitor and validate our data pipelines by building monitoring and analysis tools
• Gain exposure to the financial markets and trading through the development and use of our datasets
• Evaluate and select open source or proprietary tools required to meet our data requirements

Qualities that make great candidates:

• Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. in technical field – Computer Science/Engineering, Math, Physics or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience developing software on Linux using Python or C++

• Ability to communicate complex technical topics in a clear and concise ways
• Passionate, pragmatic problem solver with the ability to independently pursue solutions to complex problems

• Understanding of the core concepts of distributing computing, database design and data storage