Quantitative Strategist Internship Opportunity

6 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Akuna Capital Full time
About Akuna Capital

Akuna Capital is a pioneering trading firm that excels in collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data-driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market-maker, offering competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To achieve this, we design and implement our own low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.

Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They established the firm's first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, and London.

Quantitative Strategy Intern Role

Akuna's Quant Strategy Group is a multidisciplinary team composed of traders, quant developers, and researchers embedded with specific trading desks. The team is seeking Quantitative Strategy Interns for our 10-week Akunacademy internship program who will make a direct and measurable impact on our trading decisions and performance.

We are looking for creative thinkers with strong programming backgrounds who can convert ideas into trading solutions, tighten our innovation cycle through rapid prototyping of performant production code, and have the desire to develop a deep understanding of financial markets. Quant Strategy Interns are expected to build on these skills to communicate fluently with traders, quants, and engineers in their own domains.

Key Responsibilities
  • Identify and execute on ideas to further automate our trading
  • Quantify the expected and actual impact of innovations on our results
  • Develop and maintain ownership over automated trading strategies
  • Receive exposure to 4 different trading desks
Requirements
  • Pursuing a BS/MS/PhD degree in a technical field – Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics (or related subject)
  • Strong programming skills in Python
  • Desire and ability to learn the intricacies of financial markets
  • Must graduate by August 2026
  • GPA of 3.5 or above
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required on the first day of employment including F-1 students using OPT or STEM
Qualities of Great Candidates
  • Strong math aptitude, numerical and quantitative analysis skills
  • Entrepreneurial self-starter ready to work in a fast-paced and competitive team environment
  • The ability to communicate effectively and efficiently across multiple domains
  • Exposure to financial markets and trading


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