Hiring:C++ Developer - Akuna Capital- HFT Trading system development
Location: Chicago
Website: www.akunacapital.com
About Akuna:
Akuna Capital is a fast-growing derivatives trading firm located in downtown
Chicago that specializes in market-making and arbitrage. Founded in 2011,
Akuna has quickly expanded from a start-up to a successful leader on US
options exchanges and has already begun international expansion. We’ve
grown significantly from humble but determined beginnings and still proudly
retain the spirit of a smaller, entrepreneurial start-up.
Description:
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 researches 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 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
•scalable applications in C++ (and least 2 years with C++11)
•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or
equivalent
If you are interested in it, send email to Lucy (Recruiter of Akuna Capital)
, [email protected]
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