Quantitative Dev & Strategy Intern — Trading Systems

Akuna Capital; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,500 - 159,500; Full time

Job summary

Akuna Capital in Chicago is seeking Quant Development & Quant Strategy Interns for a 10-week Akunacademy program. You will work with our Quant team to design production trading code, analyze market signals, and contribute to high-performance solutions alongside researchers and traders.

Candidates are pursuing a technical degree (Bachelors/Masters/PhD) in Engineering, CS, Math, or Physics, with strong Python and OOP skills, GPA 3.5+, and legal authorization to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelors, masters, or PhD in a technical field – Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics (or related subject)
• Strong Python programming background
• Experience in object-oriented programming
• Exposure to linear algebra and introductory statistics
• Desire and ability to learn the intricacies of financial markets
• Must graduate by August 2028
• 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

Responsibilities

• Design and develop production code of trading strategies: pricing models, execution logic and performance optimisation along with researchers, traders and system engineers
• Analyse and incorporate market signals in our trading systems
• Advance existing codebase and propose new solutions and improvements

Skills

Python programming

Object-oriented programming

Linear algebra

Statistics

Financial markets knowledge

Education

Bachelors/Masters/PhD in engineering/computer science/math/physics

Tools

NumPy/SciPy

Parallel programming frameworks

Job description

Akuna Capital in Chicago is seeking Quant Development & Quant Strategy Interns for a 10-week Akunacademy program. You will work with our Quant team to design production trading code, analyze market signals, and contribute to high-performance solutions alongside researchers and traders.

Candidates are pursuing a technical degree (Bachelors/Masters/PhD) in Engineering, CS, Math, or Physics, with strong Python and OOP skills, GPA 3.5+, and legal authorization to work in the U.S.