Quant Dev & Strategy Intern — Trading Tech & Markets

Akuna Capital; Illinois; On-site; USD 131,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Akuna Capital is seeking Quant Development & Quant Strategy Interns for a 10-week Akunacademy internship program in Illinois. The role emphasizes strong programming and mathematical skills to produce trading solutions and high-performance code.

You will design pricing models, execution logic, and optimization alongside researchers and engineers. Ideal candidates are pursuing a technical degree with a strong Python background, experience in OOP, and a solid foundation in linear algebra and

Qualifications

• Pursuing a technical degree (Bachelors/Masters/PhD).
• GPA of 3.5 or above.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. on day one, including CPT/OPT for students.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop production code for trading strategies and execution logic.
• Analyze and incorporate market signals into trading systems.
• Advance existing codebase and propose new solutions and improvements.

Skills

Python

OOP

Parallel programming

Linear algebra

Statistics

Education

Technical bachelor/master/PhD candidate

Job description

Akuna Capital is seeking Quant Development & Quant Strategy Interns for a 10-week Akunacademy internship program in Illinois. The role emphasizes strong programming and mathematical skills to produce trading solutions and high-performance code.

You will design pricing models, execution logic, and optimization alongside researchers and engineers. Ideal candidates are pursuing a technical degree with a strong Python background, experience in OOP, and a solid foundation in linear algebra and