Software Engineer - C++
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 Software Engineer at Akuna: Akuna is looking for motivated self-starters to join our growing engineering team and contribute to the build-out of our proprietary options market-making trading platform. You will focus on analysis, design, implementation, testing and delivery of Akuna’s trading system using the latest technologies. Successful candidates will work closely with an industry-leading team of options Traders who participate fully in the design and ongoing enhancements to our proprietary trading platform. In this role, you will: Design and build mission-critical and complex trading systems Plan, design, and implement efficient, flexible, and resilient Linux services using modern C++ technologies Build software using Agile methodologies Participate in design…
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