Junior Quant Dev & Strategist: Trading Tech & Python

Tradermath; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Akuna Capital in Chicago is seeking Junior Quantitative Developers/Strategists to join our Quant team. You will turn ideas into trading solutions and produce production code for pricing models, execution logic and performance optimization in a fast-paced environment.

No prior experience in financial markets is required; however, a strong Python background, OO programming, and the ability to learn market intricacies is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, master's, or PhD degree in a technical field – Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics (or related subject) must be completed upon employment
• Strong Python programming background and ability to learn complex markets

Responsibilities

• Design and develop production code of trading strategies: pricing models, execution logic and performance optimization
• Analyze and incorporate market signals in trading systems
• Advance existing codebase and propose new solutions and improvements

Skills

Python

Object-oriented programming

Linear algebra

Statistics basics

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD in technical field

Job description

Akuna Capital in Chicago is seeking Junior Quantitative Developers/Strategists to join our Quant team. You will turn ideas into trading solutions and produce production code for pricing models, execution logic and performance optimization in a fast-paced environment.

No prior experience in financial markets is required; however, a strong Python background, OO programming, and the ability to learn market intricacies is essential.