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.

The successful candidate will be a creative thinker who can capture trading opportunities, convert ideas into trading solutions and pilot sophisticated trading strategies with mathematical and programming skills.

What you’ll do as a Junior Quantitative Trader at Akuna:

• Manage trading strategies and improve profitability by converting ideas into quantitative models
• Implement trading signals that contribute to portfolio construction
• Develop a deep understanding of derivatives theory and financial markets
• Generate ideas on trading opportunities, product insights, risk management and trading system

Qualities that make great candidates:

• Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. in technical field
• Understanding in advanced Mathematics: Calculus, Stochastic Processes, Linear Algebra, Statistics and Optimization
• Working knowledge of statistical analysis, numerical linear algebra, machine learning or convex optimization
• Intermediate programming skills in python (C++ is a plus)
• Decision maker who is able to process complicated information quickly and accurately under pressure