Performance Engineer

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital is a forward-thinking trading firm that emphasizes teamwork, advanced technology, data-driven solutions, and automation. As a premier options market-maker, we are dedicated to delivering competitive quotes for buying and selling. Our success hinges on the design and implementation of our proprietary low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.Founded by our partners in Sydney, Akuna opened its first office in Chicago in 2011, strategically located in the heart of the derivatives market. Today, we proudly operate additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Your Role as a Network Engineer III:We are on the lookout for a skilled Network Engineer III to join our dynamic IT Infrastructure team at Akuna. The ideal candidate will possess a robust background in low-latency IP networking and will be pivotal in maintaining and enhancing our global trading infrastructure. This position demands both technical expertise and independent decision-making, as you will often be the primary network resource during critical hours, ensuring the stability and efficiency of our trading systems. Self-motivation, excellent multitasking abilities, and comfort working in a high-speed electronic trading environment are essential. Candidates should hold an active CCNP certification and aspire to achieve CCIE certification in the future.

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital is a forward-thinking trading firm dedicated to collaboration, innovative technology, data-driven solutions, and automation. As a prominent options market-maker, we pride ourselves on providing competitive quotes for both buying and selling. Our success lies in designing and implementing our own low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.Founded by our partners in Sydney, Akuna opened its first office in Chicago in 2011, the heart of the derivatives industry and the global options capital. We have since expanded, proudly operating offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Your Role as a Senior Systems Engineer:We are in search of a talented and driven Senior Systems Engineer to join our Engineering team, tasked with building a state-of-the-art trading infrastructure. You will face intricate, large-scale technical challenges and be instrumental in the architecture and design of low-latency platforms, automated deployments, and tooling, while optimizing and maintaining our high-performance global trading environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, proactive, and capable of taking ownership of projects with minimal supervision.

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital is a forward-thinking trading firm that prioritizes collaboration, cutting-edge technology, and data-driven solutions. We excel as an options market-maker, committed to delivering competitive quotes for buying and selling. To achieve this, we develop and implement our own low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.Founded by a team of visionary partners in Sydney, Akuna Capital established its first office in 2011 in the heart of Chicago, the global hub for derivatives and options trading. Today, we proudly operate additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Role Overview:As a Software Engineer at Akuna, you will be an essential part of our engineering team, contributing to the development of our proprietary options market-making platform. This role involves analyzing, designing, implementing, testing, and delivering our trading system using state-of-the-art technologies. You will collaborate closely with a team of industry-leading options Traders, who are actively involved in the design and enhancement of our trading platform.Design and develop complex, mission-critical trading systems.Work alongside traders to refine and enhance our trading strategies.Participate in full software development lifecycle, from planning to deployment.

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital is a forward-thinking trading firm that emphasizes collaboration, advanced technology, and data-driven solutions. As a premier options market maker, we are dedicated to providing competitive quotes and liquidity. Our commitment to success is backed by the development and implementation of our proprietary low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.Founded by our Partners in Sydney, we established our first office in 2011 in Chicago, the heart of the derivatives industry. Today, we proudly operate additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Your Role as a Project Manager:As a Project Manager at Akuna, you will oversee multiple projects concurrently, steering timelines and motivating teams to achieve successful project execution. You will dive deep into project details and hold team members accountable for their commitments and deadlines. A technical background or the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams is crucial for understanding project mechanics. In this role, you will:

About Akuna: Akuna Capital is a pioneering trading firm dedicated to fostering collaboration and leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver data-driven solutions and automation. As a leading options market-maker, we pride ourselves on providing competitive quotes for both buying and selling. To achieve this, we develop and implement our own low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models. Founded by a group of partners in Sydney, Akuna established its first office in Chicago in 2011, strategically located in the heart of the derivatives industry and options capital of the world. Today, we proudly operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore. What You’ll Do as a Quantitative Researcher at Akuna: Join our dynamic Trading and Research teams as a Quantitative Researcher, where you'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary group of mathematicians, statisticians, technologists, and traders. Together, we drive the development of innovative trading strategies and predictive models, blending quantitative rigor with an in-depth understanding of financial markets. Your analytical expertise will significantly contribute to our mission of enhancing trading performance and market efficiency.

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital stands at the forefront of trading innovation, emphasizing collaboration, advanced technology, data-driven solutions, and automation. Our primary focus is as an options market-maker, dedicated to offering competitive quotes for buying and selling. To achieve this, we engineer and implement our proprietary low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.Founded by visionary partners in Sydney, Akuna made its mark by establishing its first office in Chicago in 2011, strategically located in the epicenter of the derivatives and options market. Our global footprint has expanded to include additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Your Role as a Quantitative Strategist:We are seeking talented Quantitative Strategists to join our dynamic Quantitative Trading and Research team, a collective of mathematicians, statisticians, and technologists. The ideal candidate will significantly contribute to the development and refinement of our trading strategies by harnessing quantitative expertise and a profound understanding of financial markets. This role presents a unique opportunity to influence our trading decisions and overall performance directly. We are looking for individuals with robust programming skills, a creative approach to problem-solving, and an enthusiasm for the complexities of financial markets.

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital is a forward-thinking trading firm that champions collaboration and leverages state-of-the-art technology, data-driven strategies, and automation. As an options market-maker, we pride ourselves on delivering competitive quotes and liquidity. Our success stems from our dedication to developing and implementing proprietary low-latency technologies, advanced trading strategies, and mathematical models.Founded by our visionary partners in Sydney, Akuna opened its first office in Chicago in 2011, strategically positioned in the heart of the derivatives industry. Today, we are proud to extend our global footprint with offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Role Overview:We are on the lookout for an experienced Broker Trader to enhance our dynamic team at Akuna Capital. The ideal candidate will be a highly driven professional eager to help us broaden our market reach and thrive in a competitive landscape. Strong networking skills and familiarity with the options market are essential.In this role, you will actively make markets on options for brokers and banks using chat and voice platforms. Whether it’s providing initial quotes for inter-dealer brokers or executing orders on the trading floor, your identified opportunities will directly impact the team's P&L. You will work in a collaborative environment, gaining insights and knowledge from some of our seasoned traders while contributing your experience from day one.

About Akuna:Akuna Capital is a leading trading firm that thrives on innovation, collaboration, and advanced technology. We are dedicated to providing liquidity in the options market, which involves creating competitive buy and sell quotes. Our success stems from designing and implementing proprietary low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.Founded by our visionary partners in Sydney, we launched our first office in 2011 in Chicago, the hub of the derivatives industry. Today, we proudly operate additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Your Role as an Options Trader:We are on the lookout for seasoned Options Traders to join our vibrant team at Akuna Capital. If you are a driven individual eager to make a significant impact in a growing organization, we want to hear from you. At Akuna, new Traders will have the chance to learn from our most successful trading experts and quickly apply their knowledge and experience.Effectively manage a derivatives portfolio while dynamically monitoring risk to ensure compliance with prescribed limits.Develop and execute trading strategies in a fast-paced environment.Collaborate with team members to enhance trading methodologies and generate profitable outcomes.

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm based in Chicago, dedicated to leveraging cutting-edge technology and data-driven solutions in the financial markets. As a leading options market-maker, we pride ourselves on providing competitive quotes and exceptional liquidity. Our success is rooted in our ability to design and implement low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and sophisticated mathematical models.Founded in Sydney, our partners established Akuna Capital in 2011, and we have since expanded our operations to key financial hubs worldwide, including offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Role Overview:We are seeking a motivated Junior Compliance Analyst to join our Compliance team. In this role, you will assist in ensuring that Akuna meets all regulatory obligations. The ideal candidate will have a foundational understanding of options, futures products, equities, and cryptocurrency. You should possess strong analytical skills, meticulous attention to detail, and effective communication abilities to collaborate with our Trading team.

Join Akuna Capital as a Network Engineer I and play a critical role in enhancing our network infrastructure. You will collaborate with experienced engineers to design, implement, and maintain high-performance networks that support our trading operations. This entry-level position is ideal for those looking to kickstart their career in network engineering within a dynamic and innovative environment.

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital is a forward-thinking trading firm dedicated to fostering teamwork, harnessing advanced technology, and leveraging data-driven solutions and automation. We excel in providing liquidity as a prominent options market-maker, committed to delivering competitive quotes for buying and selling. Our success is driven by the innovative design and implementation of our proprietary low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and sophisticated mathematical models.Founded in Sydney by our visionary partners, Akuna established its first office in 2011 in Chicago, the epicenter of the derivatives industry and the global options capital. Today, we proudly operate additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Your Role as an SPX Floor Trader:We are looking for a motivated Floor Trader to join Akuna’s Equity Indices team in the SPX pit at the CBOE. The ideal candidate will be passionate about supporting team initiatives and thriving in a competitive marketplace. Strong connections and in-depth knowledge of the S&P 500 options complex are essential.As part of our SPX team, you will actively make markets on options for brokers using our proprietary pricing and execution software, expertly designed for your trading tablet. You will have the chance to identify and capitalize on market opportunities, directly impacting the team’s P&L. This role offers a collaborative environment where you will learn from our seasoned traders, ensuring that your prior experience adds value from day one.

Senior Network Engineer Maven Securities is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in the allocation of internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. We pride ourselves on our team of expert traders, engineers, and technologists, all working together to enhance our status as a leading liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. By leveraging cutting-edge execution and pricing technologies, we strive to redefine and improve the operational landscape of financial markets. The Maven Infrastructure team comprises diverse and innovative technologists dedicated to continuously enhancing the performance, resilience, scalability, visibility, and supportability of our computing systems. As a Senior Network Engineer on our Infrastructure team, you will gain in-depth knowledge of the data flows within Maven's trading systems. Your role will involve constructing robust network infrastructure and collaborating closely with developers, traders, and fellow infrastructure engineers to optimize system performance. Your main focus will be on enhancing our US network and datacenter infrastructure while also collaborating with our global team to maintain a strong worldwide network. Key Responsibilities: Design, configure, and maintain our global network infrastructure while collaborating across teams to optimize low-latency trading applications. Build, support, and troubleshoot a high-performance hybrid wireless and wired network environment. Utilize an automated, data-driven approach to diagnose and resolve complex network infrastructure issues such as micro-bursting, jitter, and queuing. Proactively identify enhancements to existing configurations, technologies, and procedures to boost performance. Lead and manage global network initiatives from requirements gathering through design review, implementation, deployment, and documentation. Contribute to documenting network processes, systems, and configurations. Collaborate with systems teams to build and manage datacenter infrastructure effectively. Maintain network security infrastructure to ensure perimeter protection and appropriate separation of internal environments.

IMC is on the lookout for skilled Network Engineers who are enthusiastic about designing and maintaining state-of-the-art, high-speed networks. In this role, you will collaborate closely with traders, developers, quantitative analysts, and performance engineers to architect, deploy, and uphold the critical infrastructure that supports our trading operations. Key Responsibilities: Architect, execute, and maintain the North American network infrastructure, focusing on low-latency networking, unicast and multicast routing, BGP, PIM-SM, performance optimization, gap analysis, and automation. Utilize existing tools to monitor and assess network health, while also proposing and developing next-gen monitoring solutions. Drive continuous improvements within the network environment by participating in automation initiatives (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, AWX). Ensure meticulous documentation of IMC’s network architecture, configurations, and operational protocols. Engage with external vendors, exchanges, and service providers to assess technological solutions, deploy new services, and resolve issues.

CGS Federal is on the lookout for a seasoned Senior Lead Network Engineer to become an integral part of our dynamic team. This role is centered around evaluating, enhancing, and maintaining a large-scale network infrastructure project, which includes both wired and wireless elements along with associated hardware and software. The primary objectives entail assessing the current fragmented network setup and designing a cohesive infrastructure that meets all wireless, wired, and software requirements. As part of this project, you will also provide consultation on the necessary hardware and software to effectively support this comprehensive infrastructure, as well as the testing, vulnerability assessments, and quality assurance processes needed for implementation.Your collaboration will involve interfacing with state and local government personnel, internal stakeholders, subject matter experts, and vendors providing development services. At CGS, we pride ourselves on bringing together motivated, skilled, and innovative individuals to tackle the most pressing challenges faced by the government using cutting-edge technology. We encourage candidates who are enthusiastic about contributing to government innovation, value collaboration, and can proactively anticipate the needs of others. Our work environment is designed to support our employees and foster professional growth through numerous learning opportunities.

About Akuna Capital:Akuna Capital is a forward-thinking trading firm dedicated to collaboration, innovative technologies, data-driven solutions, and automation. We excel as an options market-maker, committed to providing competitive quotes for buying and selling. To achieve this, we develop and implement our own low-latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.Founded by our partners in Sydney, we established our first office in 2011 in Chicago, the heart of the derivatives industry and options capital worldwide. Today, Akuna proudly operates additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.Your Role as a Software Engineer in Data Engineering at Akuna:As a data-centric organization, we leverage our data as a critical competitive asset. The Akuna Data Engineering team comprises world-class professionals responsible for designing, building, and maintaining systems, applications, and infrastructure necessary for collecting, storing, processing, managing, and querying our data assets. This team plays a vital role in ensuring trustworthy data is accessible and reliable to support various initiatives within Akuna’s Quant, Trading, and Business Operations units.Key Responsibilities:Contribute to the growth of our Data Engineering division, supporting the strategic importance of data at Akuna.Lead the design and enhancement of our data platform across diverse data sources, facilitating multiple streaming, operational, and research workflows.Collaborate closely with Trading, Quant, Technology, and Business Operations teams to identify data production and consumption processes, and define impactful projects.Develop and deploy batch and streaming pipelines to collect and transform our expanding Big Data set within a hybrid cloud architecture, utilizing Kubernetes/EKS, Kafka/MSK, and Databricks/Spark.Mentor junior engineers on software and data engineering best practices.Create clean, well-tested, and well-documented code to support mission-critical applications.Implement automated data validation test suites to ensure data is processed and published according to established Service Level Agreements (SLAs) regarding data quality.

Join CGS Federal as a Senior Lead Network Engineer II and play a pivotal role in the evaluation, enhancement, and maintenance of a large-scale network project. This project encompasses both wired and wireless network infrastructure alongside essential hardware and software.Your responsibilities will include assessing the current setup of disparate networks, designing and implementing a cohesive network infrastructure that meets both wireless and wired requirements. You will also provide consultation on hardware and software to ensure optimal support for this infrastructure, alongside conducting systems testing, vulnerability assessments, and quality assurance for the new setup.As a vital team member, you will collaborate with state and local government personnel, internal stakeholders, subject matter experts, and vendors providing development services.CGS Federal is dedicated to assembling motivated, skilled, and creative professionals to tackle the government’s most pressing challenges using innovative technology. We seek candidates passionate about contributing to government innovation, fostering collaboration, and anticipating the needs of others. Our supportive environment encourages professional growth through various learning opportunities.

Join our Enterprise Data & Machine Learning group at Capital One to develop a robust and scalable data ecosystem that spans across thousands of AWS accounts, numerous database instances, and millions of files stored enterprise-wide. This role offers the chance to influence the future of a platform that facilitates the exchange of terabytes of data daily between Capital One and its partners.As a Distinguished Engineer, you will be an individual contributor championing diverse perspectives to enhance our problem-solving capabilities. At Capital One, we value diversity of thought as it enriches our ability to innovate, collaborate, and deliver extraordinary solutions that transcend organizational boundaries. Your contributions will play a pivotal role in shaping our technological trajectory and establishing clear roadmaps for next-generation technology solutions.

Join Our Team as a Network Engineer!Employment Type: Full Time, Experienced LevelDepartment: Information TechnologyCGS Federal is on the lookout for a skilled Network Engineer to enhance our team dedicated to the evaluation, improvement, and upkeep of an expansive network project. This initiative encompasses both wired and wireless network infrastructures along with associated hardware and software. The primary goal is to assess the current configuration of varied networks and to design and implement a cohesive network infrastructure that meets all wireless, wired, and software network needs. Additionally, this role involves providing insights on the necessary hardware and software to support this comprehensive infrastructure, along with conducting system testing, vulnerability assessments, and quality assurance to ensure the successful deployment of the new setup.As a Network Engineer, you will engage with state and local government officials, internal stakeholders, subject matter experts, and vendors providing development services, ensuring a collaborative approach to problem-solving.At CGS, we unite passionate, highly skilled individuals to tackle the government's most pressing challenges through innovative technology. Our mission thrives on candidates who are eager to drive government innovation, value teamwork, and can foresee the needs of others. We pride ourselves on fostering a supportive environment and promoting professional growth through a variety of learning opportunities.

Role Overview inflowfed is hiring a Network Engineer in Chicago, IL. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and improving network infrastructure that supports the company’s systems. What You Will Do Design and build network solutions to support business needs Optimize existing network infrastructure for reliability and performance Work closely with teams across the company to ensure smooth connectivity Location This position is based in Chicago, IL.