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Graduate Quantitative Developer, 2024
What you’ll do as a Graduate Quantitative Developer at Akuna:
Our Quantitative Team are a mixture of mathematicians, statisticians and technologists that find solutions to problems. We create trading models and strategies scientifically by combining our quantitative expertise with an understanding of derivatives and financial markets. We are seeking Juniors to join the team to apply their quantitative skills to exciting problems. You don't need a background in finance or trading, instead we look for maths and coding skills.
Our Quantitative Developers are part of the Quant Trading & Research team at Akuna. Quant Devs have strong programming skills to write production code, and mathematical acumen to engineer trading solutions and high-performance production code. Quantitative Developers work closely with Traders and Researchers to capture both market insight and technical expertise in their solutions.
If this sounds interesting to you, apply now! We are looking for people who have innovative ideas, think analytically, and have an entrepreneurial mindset and want to make an immediate impact in our growing company and contribute to Akuna’s strategy portfolio.
Start date: February 2024
Training: As a junior, you will be paired with an experienced mentor to work together on your first project, and we offer extensive training opportunities to learn about market making, our systems, and financial theories such as Options Greeks and the Black Scholes model.
What you’ll do:
- Design and develop production code for trading strategies, including pricing models, execution logic and strategy optimization
- Leverage large data sets and distributed computing to solve mathematical challenges with technical solutions
- Integrate your work with Akuna’s existing software ecosystem
- Advance existing codebase and propose new solutions and technologies
What you’ll bring:
- Australian or NZ citizen or Australian Permanent residences only
- VISA: you need full working rights that lead to PR, such as the Graduate Work Visa 485. Akuna does not offer sponsorship for this position
- University Degree graduating before February 2024 and within the last 3 years
- Bachelor, Honours, Masters or PhDs in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related degrees
- Distinction Average & proven strong academics
- Awards, prizes, medals, competitions, & scholarships
- Experience in research within an academic or professional environment
- Achievements outside of studies through your hobbies & interests
- Strong programming skills in Python or C++
- Experience in object-oriented programming
- Experience with generic and/or parallel programming
- A basic understanding of probability, statistics, calculus and linear algebra
- Deeper understanding of any of the following fields: Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Statistics, Optimization, Signal Processing, Computer Architecture, Machine Learning
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to run a project in a fast paced, team environment
What you’ll get:
- Structured learning program built upon our flagship Options 101 Course by our dedicated Trader Training Manager
- An attractive base salary, generous bonus structure & relocation package if you’re not from Sydney.
- Professional development, global mobility opportunities & tuition reimbursements to make sure you keep learning.
- Buddy program to help you transition into Akuna, your role and team, as well as build connections and support network
- Catch up with your colleagues over coffee made by our in-house barista & grab a bite to eat in our fully stocked kitchen
- Weekly social events, team competitions & Akuna clubs
- 180-degree views of Darling Harbour in our collaborative, open plan office space in Barangaroo
- Paid volunteer leave to give back to communities and/ causes that are important to you
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