About the job
About Akuna:
Akuna Capital is a pioneering trading firm that emphasizes teamwork, advanced technology, and data-driven automation solutions. We excel in providing liquidity as an options market maker, committed to delivering competitive quotes for both buying and selling. To achieve this, we design and implement our own low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models. At Akuna, we embrace a flat organizational structure where the best ideas triumph.
Founded by Andrew Killion and his partners in Sydney, Akuna opened its first office in 2011 in Chicago, the heart of the derivatives industry. Today, we proudly operate additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, Singapore, and London.
Your Role as a Quantitative Researcher:
We are seeking a skilled Quantitative Researcher specializing in Machine Learning to join our Quantitative Trading and Research team, comprised of mathematicians, statisticians, and technologists. This team scientifically creates trading strategies by integrating quantitative expertise with a sophisticated understanding of derivatives and financial markets.
In this role, you will:
- Develop trading strategies utilizing statistical and machine learning algorithms.
- Design, conduct, and analyze experiments to deepen your understanding of derivatives and financial markets.
- Establish metrics for evaluating strategy execution and perform post-trade analysis.
- Create and implement optimization algorithms for portfolio construction.
- Develop quantitative models that describe market behavior.
- Advance current initiatives and explore new research opportunities.

