Akuna Capital
Junior Quantitative Developer & Strategist 2027 | Columbia University
Eligibility
- Graduating August 2027 or prior.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. including F-1 OPT or STEM.
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics or related field needed by employment.
Graduate role for quantitative developers and strategists to design and implement trading strategies and production code at Akuna Capital, open to 2027 or earlier graduates with strong programming and quantitative skills.
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 improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD degree in technical field completed by employment.
- Strong Python programming background.
- Experience in object-oriented programming.
- Exposure to linear algebra and introductory statistics.
- GPA of 3.5 or above.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S.
Graduation requirements
Graduation year: 2027
Skills
- Python programming
- Object-oriented programming
- Linear algebra
- Introductory statistics
- Numerical methods
- Parallel programming
- Machine learning (optional)
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