Python Developer

Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in derivatives market making and sophisticated modeling with a commitment to cutting edge financial technology. Akuna’s unmatched growth profile and non-client structure provides a unique place for innovation and opportunity in the home of proprietary trading – Chicago.

Akuna Capital is looking for a Python Developer to join our growing development team and enhance our middle office! This person will work closely with some of our C-suite executives, trading teams and developers on various middle-office and compliance projects. The ideal candidate will be able to re-build our existing middle office from the ground up. This is a great opportunity for anyone that is looking to have ownership over new and exciting projects.

• Data retrieval, processing, validation and modeling
• Work with various data sources/ inputs using Python
• Developing database schemas, triggers, stored procedures, views and user defined functions
• Experience of the full software development life cycle (requirements analysis, design, development, unit testing, execute and deployment, and post implementation support)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or equivalent
• Strong experience with Python and/or SQL
• Comfortable with JavaScript, HTML or CSS a plus
• Experience working with large datasets a plus
• Must have strong writing and verbal communication skills and must be able to work in an agile development environment.
• Proven ability to communicate with less technical users to understand requirements and implement appropriate solutions
• Exposure to accounting principles and familiarity with finance