Akuna is currently looking for a motivated developer to join our engineering team and contribute to the development of innovative low-latency trading strategies that will directly influence Akuna’s bottom line. Your role will focus on analysis, design, implementation, testing and delivery of key trading system technology using the latest technologies. A pragmatic approach to technology solutions, using the latest open source software will be required. The successful candidate will be given a unique level of exposure to an industry-leading team of options traders who participate fully in the design and on-going enhancements to our proprietary trading platform.

What you’ll do as a C++ Developer at Akuna:

• Design, develop and support our Automated Trading Systems
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders on strategy development
• Plan, design and implement high quality Linux services
• Engage with traders and developers and articulate ideas clearly
• Build software using Agile methodologies
• Participate in design sessions and code reviews
• Work on cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and solve complex problems
• Design and implementation of database schemas/data storage

Qualities that make great candidates:

• Experience developing low-latency option trading strategies
• Understanding of distributed systems, data structures and algorithms
• Practical use of multi-threaded / multi-core programming paradigms
• Object-oriented design and programming experience
• Familiar with Object databases or similar
• Experience with Linux and Python required
• Understanding of Postgresql and HDF
• 2-5 years of experience developing performant, scalable applications in C++ (and least 2 years with C++11)
• A curiosity and demonstrated interest in C++14 and beyond
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or equivalent