Akuna’s Quantitative Trading and Research team is looking to add Quantitative Research Interns to a team of mathematicians, statisticians and technologists for our 10 week internship Akunacademy in our Chicago office. This team creates trading strategies scientifically by combining its quantitative expertise with sophisticated understanding of derivatives and financial markets.

We are looking for talented researchers who can apply and develop machine learning algorithms to contribute to Akuna’s strategy portfolio.

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

• Develop trading strategies using statistical and machine learning algorithms
• Design and implement optimization algorithms for portfolio construction
• Advance existing initiatives and explore opportunities for new research topics

Qualities that make great candidates:

• Pursuing a Masters or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics (or a related subject)
• Expertise in statistics and machine learning
• Intermediate programming skills in Python (C++ is a plus)
• Experience of working on practical applications with real-world datasets
• Financial experience is not a requirement
• Graduation date of August 2020 or prior