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Software Engineer - Data Engineering

Akuna CapitalChicago, IL
On-site Full-time $145K/yr - $145K/yr

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Ideal candidates will possess a strong foundation in data engineering principles, programming languages (such as Python, Java, or Scala), and experience with data processing frameworks. Familiarity with cloud services, containerization, and real-time data processing technologies is highly desirable. Applicants should also demonstrate effective collaboration skills, a passion for problem-solving, and a commitment to continuous learning.

About the job

About Akuna Capital:

Akuna Capital is a forward-thinking trading firm dedicated to collaboration, innovative technologies, data-driven solutions, and automation. We excel as an options market-maker, committed to providing competitive quotes for buying and selling. To achieve this, we develop and implement our own low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.

Founded by our partners in Sydney, we established our first office in 2011 in Chicago, the heart of the derivatives industry and options capital worldwide. Today, Akuna proudly operates additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.

Your Role as a Software Engineer in Data Engineering at Akuna:

As a data-centric organization, we leverage our data as a critical competitive asset. The Akuna Data Engineering team comprises world-class professionals responsible for designing, building, and maintaining systems, applications, and infrastructure necessary for collecting, storing, processing, managing, and querying our data assets. This team plays a vital role in ensuring trustworthy data is accessible and reliable to support various initiatives within Akuna’s Quant, Trading, and Business Operations units.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the growth of our Data Engineering division, supporting the strategic importance of data at Akuna.
  • Lead the design and enhancement of our data platform across diverse data sources, facilitating multiple streaming, operational, and research workflows.
  • Collaborate closely with Trading, Quant, Technology, and Business Operations teams to identify data production and consumption processes, and define impactful projects.
  • Develop and deploy batch and streaming pipelines to collect and transform our expanding Big Data set within a hybrid cloud architecture, utilizing Kubernetes/EKS, Kafka/MSK, and Databricks/Spark.
  • Mentor junior engineers on software and data engineering best practices.
  • Create clean, well-tested, and well-documented code to support mission-critical applications.
  • Implement automated data validation test suites to ensure data is processed and published according to established Service Level Agreements (SLAs) regarding data quality.

About Akuna Capital

Akuna Capital is not just a trading firm; we are a hub of innovation, continuously striving to push the boundaries of technology and data analytics in the financial sector. With offices across the globe, we are committed to fostering a collaborative environment that empowers our teams to excel in their roles.

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