Engineering Manager - Python, Risk

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Chicago, IL
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
As an Engineering Manager in the Risk team, you will lead a small team of software engineers to design and build scalable risk valuation software, create data schemas for market risk, and collaborate with analysts to develop risk models. You'll be involved in enhancing a global risk platform that automates trading operations.
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About Akuna: 

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market-maker – meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully, we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models. 

Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm’s first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, and London. 

What you’ll do as an Engineering Manager in the Risk team at Akuna: 

Akuna Capital is looking for an experienced hands-on Engineering Manager to join our growing Technology team and enhance our global risk platform. The Risk Development team designs and operates the global systems and processes that manage the market, credit, and counterparty risk for our rapidly growing business. We trade across multiple asset classes and geographies; due to the scale and complexity of our environment we rely heavily on automation. The ideal candidate will lead a team and work closely with our Traders and Risk Analysts to design and build tools and automated data flows that provide transparency to the business and ensure the smooth running of our global trading operations. In this role, you will: 

  • Manage a team of less than 5 software engineers 
  • Build next generation highly scalable, real-time risk valuation software 
  • Build out infrastructure for real-time risk valuation 
  • Create data schema that accurately models market risk domain 
  • Work with analysts to develop new ways of modeling risk 
  • Work with C++ pricing team to develop risk vol models and dynamics 

Qualities that make great candidates: 

  • 5+ years working with Python and C++ in a professional production environment
  • 1+ years of experience leading a team of Software Engineers
  • Experience working with relational databases (especially Postgres)  
  • Experience with asynchronous programming in Python 
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes 
  • Highly collaborative in nature, with excellent written and verbal communication skills 
  • Familiarity with the trading domain and finance (option Greeks)
  • Proven ability to communicate with users to understand requirements and to design and implement appropriate solutions
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or equivalent 
  • The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems are essential functions of the role

In addition to technical skillsets, Akuna values the unique perspectives people can bring to the table to collaboratively solve complex problems and drive Akuna forward. We want all groups to feel empowered to apply, even if you don’t meet every qualification. We welcome your application and encourage you to take the first steps toward your future with us! 

In accordance with Illinois Equal Pay Act, the minimum base salary starts at $130,000. Exact compensation offered may vary based on many factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and skill set. This role is also eligible for a discretionary performance bonus as part of the total compensation package, in addition to the benefits listed here: https://akunacapital.com/our-culture#benefits. The minimum base salary herein was determined in good faith by Akuna Capital LLC. 

Top Skills

C++
Python
The Company
HQ: Chicago, Illnois
264 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on cutting-edge technology, data driven decisions and automation. Our core competency is providing liquidity as an options market-maker – meaning we provide competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies and mathematical models.

Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm’s first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, and London.

We are the leading options market-maker to successfully enter the industry in recent years with sustainable growth. By providing more liquidity to the markets through rapid innovation, we have the advantage of youth in remaining nimble and agile in an ever-changing competitive landscape.

Akuna has no clients or external investors, we trade only with the company’s capital. We have dozens of employee-shareholders and this number continues to grow.

We are really proud of what we have accomplished since inception, but even more excited for all that lies ahead of us. We are still building, accessing new markets, trading new products, and creating new strategies, giving you the opportunity to be involved in shaping the future of Akuna. Indeed, the great majority of Akuna’s growth profile is ahead of us.

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