Summer 2025 Software Engineer Intern

Job Description

About Akuna Capital:

Akuna Capital is a cutting-edge trading firm specializing in providing liquidity as an options market-maker. They are committed to providing competitive quotes for both buying and selling options. To achieve this, they design and implement their own low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.

Founded in Sydney, Akuna opened its first office in Chicago in 2011, a hub for the derivatives industry and options trading. Today, Akuna operates offices in Sydney, Shanghai, and London. Their focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data-driven solutions, and automation drives their success.

Software Engineer Intern (C++ Team) at Akuna:

Akuna is looking for talented Software Engineer Interns to join their innovative technology team for a 10-week summer internship program. As an intern, you will:

• Work alongside trading and software teams: Collaborate to design and implement elegant solutions for complex and interesting problems.
• Utilize cutting-edge technology: Work on high-performance/low-latency systems, gaining experience with the latest technologies.
• Contribute to a team-based approach: Akuna believes in the productive integration of trading and technology teams, a crucial aspect of success in the industry.
• Make an impact: Be a self-starter, problem-solver, and outside-the-box thinker, contributing significantly to the firm.
• Explore diverse projects: Work on projects involving trading infrastructure, algorithms, models, exchange gateways, performance engineering, hardware, data capture and analysis, or front-end user interfaces.

The C++ Team:

The C++ teams focus on applications where C++ is crucial for computational heavy lifting and timing-critical, low-latency processes such as trading strategies. This language provides the flexibility and low-level control required to optimize performance on multi-core, super-scalar processors.

No prior experience in finance or trading is required. Akuna provides training and continuous education to ensure all engineers have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed.

Qualifications:

• Pursuing a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics, or a related field.
• Experience programming in C++.
• Experience with distributed systems, networking, data structures & algorithms, and operating systems.
• Exposure to scripting, rudimentary data mining, and regression analysis (ideally in Python with Pandas and Numpy).
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the trading team, obtain requirements, find solutions, and implement them cleanly and concisely.
• Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up.
• Adaptability to a constantly changing environment.
• Self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Must be graduating by August 2026 or prior.
• 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 CPT, OPT, or STEM).

Note: Due to the high volume of applications, candidates will only be considered for their top preference role. Resumes must be submitted in PDF format.