Junior Trading Systems Engineer

Job Description

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 believe that the people are the centre of everything we do. Our Sydney office has a start-up feel with less than 250 people, which means you really get to know the team! We are expanding rapidly and looking for the best talent to join us on this journey. If you enjoy being part of smart, driven teams with real challenges to solve- this could be the place for you!

What you’ll do as a Junior Trading Systems Engineer at Akuna:

We are seeking a Junior Trading Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team at Akuna Sydney.

You will be collaborating with a team to manage trading applications at both the desktop and server level. This is a role that will focus on supporting, optimising and troubleshooting the trading environment. In this role, you will:

This person will be responsible for installing and managing production trading applications at both the desktop and server level. This is a role that will focus on supporting, managing, optimising and troubleshooting the production trading environment. In this role, you will:

• Work closely with Development, Trading and Infrastructure teams to troubleshoot issues, make continuous improvements, and configure the trading system
• Work on automating daily and repetitive tasks
• Create, update and improve continuous monitoring processes of the production trading environment
• Learn and adjust to ongoing changes within our proprietary trading system
• Support the release process to ensure that Akuna and its systems are upgraded properly
• Learn and support in-house and third-party software applications
• Provide in-office technical support to traders using our proprietary trading system

What you’ll bring

• Familiar with Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.), automation tools and not afraid of the command line.
• A comfort with Python or Bash, Databases structures and scripting techniques
• Ability to learn and apply new concepts quickly
• Team player with the ability to build relationships with multiple teams and offices
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• On-call availability to work outside of core business hours or on weekends or holidays

What you’ll get:

• An attractive base salary, generous bonus structure and plenty of career mobility opportunities
• We know everybody works at their best differently, that’s why we have adopted a hybrid working model, which allows most roles work from home flexibility. We will even provide you with the tech to get started!
• Catch up over a coffee made to order by our in-house barista and grab a bite to eat in our stocked kitchen
• We host poker nights, happy hours, team outings and sponsor a variety of employee-led clubs and sports teams and offer volunteer opportunities to all employees.
• We are proud to offer firm-wide classes through our Akuna U program, access to webinars, digital books, and case studies
• Opportunities to attend conferences, and tuition reimbursements to make sure you keep learning!
• Leave starting at 20 days per year that increases based on tenure with the firm