Performance Engineer

Akuna Capital · Chicago

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Company
Akuna Capital
Location
Chicago
Salary
$145,000
Posted
January 2, 2026

About this job

What you’ll do as a Performance Engineer at Akuna: We are seeking to grow our Performance Engineering Team, which is focused on a rigorous and holistic approach to improving software, hardware, and strategy performance. This team is responsible for maintaining and increasing our competitiveness at the various exchanges Akuna does business with around the globe. As a member of this multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for investigating new opportunities for optimizations and bringing these ideas to fruition. This can be achieved through software optimizations, analysis of hardware, orchestration of physical installations, analysis of exchange specific protocols, or building tools for gauging Akuna’s performance.…

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