Junior Developer - C++
Summary
Junior C++ developer at a proprietary options market-making trading firm, building and owning low-latency, high-performance trading systems end to end — including exchange connectivity, trading algorithms, pricing, and automation — in collaboration with quant and trading teams.
About Akuna
Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions and automation. We specialise 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. At Akuna we have a flat structure, where the best idea wins.
Our Founding Partners, including Andrew Killion, 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 Shanghai, Sydney, Singapore and London.
What you’ll do as Junior Developer on the C++ Team at Akuna:
- Work on a range of high-performance and low-latency systems, ranging from exchange connectivity, trading algorithms, pricing, and automation.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues from within the technology team and other departments including quant and trading to identify and deliver high impact projects.
- Be responsible for the full software development life cycle from requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and post deployment reliability and performance.
- Contribute innovative ideas and solutions to the team.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical field
- 0-2 years' experience, must be graduating by Jul 2027 or prior
- Familiarity with modern C++ development and best practices
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Passion for building high quality software within a fast-moving environment
- Familiarity with data structures, algorithms, and lower-level performance optimisation
- Familiarity with multi-threaded and distributed systems
- Willing to communicate in English at the technical interviews.
Skills
As published by greenhouse · 21 questions · 5 written answers
Basics
First Name, Last Name, Preferred First Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter, Location
Short answers (5)
- If you selected "other" for "Which Chinese University did/do you attend", please indicate below. 如在上方选项中未找到您就读的国内学校信息，请在此处填写，谢谢。 optional
- If you selected 'Other', please list your University: 如在上方选项中未找到您就读的国外学校信息，请在此处填写，谢谢。 optional
- Graduation year and month for your highest education. 请告知您最高学历已结业或预计毕业时间（年、月)，谢谢。
- How many years of experience in C++ programming do you have?
- If you selected "Akuna Employee Referral", please list the Akuna Employee's name here: 如您在上方选择“Akuna员工推荐”，请告知对方姓名，谢谢。 optional
Pick from a list (11)
- Are you legally authorized to work in Shanghai? (In compliance with local laws and regulations, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in mainland China.) 请确认您的身份信息，谢谢。
- Which Chinese University did/do you attend? 如您目前或曾在国内就读，请填写您就读的国内学校信息（包含港澳台）；如您一直在国外就读，请选择“I do/did not attend Chinese university”选项，谢谢。
- Which International University do/did you attend? 如您目前或曾在国外就读，请填写您就读的国外学校信息；如您一直在国内就读，请直接选择“I do/did not attend international university”选项，谢谢。
- How did you first hear about Akuna? 请问您第一次听说Akuna是从哪里？ optional
- How did you hear about this job? 请问您第一次听说这个职位信息是从哪里？
- Have you applied to a full time or internship position with Akuna in the past? 如您此前有申请过Akuna任意办公室任意职位，请选择"Yes"；如您是初次申请，请选择"No"，谢谢。
- Do you have any offer deadlines that we should be aware of? 请问您是否有Offer截止日期需要我们知晓和配合？
- I acknowledge the Privacy Policy located online at https://akunacapital.com/privacy-policy, including the references to the collection, use, and internal disclosures of my personal and/or sensitive information and acknowledge that my Personal Information may be transferred, accessed, stored or otherwise processed outside of Mainland China as described in the online Privacy Policy for the legitimate business interests of Akuna.
- Please confirm that you have uploaded your latest English resume for this application.
- Please confirm whether you are aware that this role is based in Shanghai.请确认您是否知晓本岗位的办公地址在上海，谢谢。
- Please also confirm whether you are able to attend an on-site final interview at Akuna’s Shanghai office. 请确认您是否可以前往上海办公室参加线下终面，谢谢。
Written answers (5)
- What's your legal full name?
- If you selected "Career Fair" or "Campus/Virtual Event - Not a career fair", which event did you attend? (please be specific) 如您在上方选择“校园招聘会”或“校园宣讲会”，请告知具体参加的活动信息，谢谢。 optional
- If you selected 'Other', how did you first hear about Akuna? (please be specific) 如您在上方选择“Other其他”，请告知具体信息，谢谢。 optional
- If you selected 'Other', please list how you heard about this job: 如您在上方选择“Other其他”，请告知具体信息，谢谢。 optional
- If you have upcoming deadlines, please explain which company and when the deadline is: 如有Offer截止日期，还请告知具体信息（如公司、截止日等），谢谢。 optional