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AKUNA CAPITAL

Location:
United States, Chicago

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

130000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Akuna Capital is seeking a Performance Engineer to join its Performance Engineering Team, which is focused on a rigorous and holistic approach to improving software, hardware, and strategy performance. The team is responsible for maintaining and increasing the firm's competitiveness at various global exchanges. The role involves investigating new optimization opportunities and bringing them to fruition through software optimizations, hardware analysis, orchestration of physical installations, analysis of exchange-specific protocols, or building performance gauging tools.

Job Responsibility:

Contribute to the design and implementation of our trading engine by increasing its performance with projects such as benchmarking systems, evaluating new devices, latency, and throughput analysis
Develop tools and applications for benchmarking new devices and software
Assist with performance troubleshooting and identify key opportunities for improvement
Use a data driven approach to collaborate with relevant Trading, Quant, and Technology teams to expand and improve our systems, footprint, and latency across different strategies and exchanges
Review and analyze how we leverage our proprietary systems, identifying potential bottlenecks and considering how we can improve our technology stack to better our trading success

Requirements:

BS/MS/PhD in technical field - Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering
Strong C++ or Python programming background with demonstrated experience developing performant, scalable applications
Experience analyzing and tuning operating systems, compilers, networking, IO subsystems, or accelerators
Exposure to statistical and experimental methods and tools for testing performance
Highly collaborative in nature - excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work on cross-functional teams including Trading, Development, IT, and Quant
The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems are essential functions of the role

What we offer:

discretionary performance bonus
comprehensive benefits package that may encompass employer-paid medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, paid time off, and other benefits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 05, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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