Summer 2025 Software Engineer Intern

Job Description

About Akuna Capital:

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm that specializes in providing liquidity as an options market-maker. They are committed to providing competitive quotes and are willing to both buy and sell. Akuna achieves this by designing and implementing their own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models. Founded in Sydney, Akuna now has offices in Chicago, Sydney, Shanghai, and London.

What you’ll do as a Software Engineer Intern on the Python Team at Akuna:

As a Software Engineer Intern, you will join Akuna’s growing technology team for their 10-week Akunacademy internship program. You will work alongside the trading and software teams to design and implement solutions for complex and interesting problems.

This internship offers the opportunity to use cutting-edge technology while working on high-performance, low-latency systems. Akuna believes in a team-based approach to trading and software engineering, recognizing the importance of collaboration between the two groups.

You will have the opportunity to work on projects related to:

• Trading infrastructure
• Algorithms
• Exchange gateways
• Performance engineering
• Hardware
• Data capture and analysis
• Front-end user interfaces

Akuna values interns who are:

• Self-starters
• Problem solvers
• Think outside the box
• Passionate about innovation and building systems from the ground up
• Adaptable to an ever-changing environment
• Able to work independently

If you are excited to jump in and make a difference, Akuna could be the place for you.