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Akuna Capital · 2 hours ago

Software Engineer - Data Engineering

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm focused on collaboration and cutting-edge technology. The Software Engineer on the Data Engineering team will design, build, and maintain systems to manage and query data assets, ensuring reliable data is available for various business units.

Trading Platform

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work within a growing Data Engineering division supporting the strategic role of data at Akuna

Drive the ongoing design and expansion of our data platform across a wide variety of data sources, supporting an array of streaming, operational and research workflows

Work closely with Trading, Quant, Technology & Business Operations teams throughout the firm to identify how data is produced and consumed, helping to define and deliver high impact projects

Build and deploy batch and streaming pipelines to collect and transform our rapidly growing Big Data set within our hybrid cloud architecture utilizing Kubernetes/EKS, Kafka/MSK and Databricks/Spark

Mentor junior engineers in software and data engineering best practices

Produce clean, well-tested, and documented code with a clear design to support mission critical applications

Build automated data validation test suites that ensure that data is processed and published in accordance with well-defined Service Level Agreements (SLA's) pertaining to data quality, data availability and data correctness

Challenge the status quo and help push our organization forward, as we grow beyond the limits of our current tech stack

Qualification

Java/ScalaData EngineeringAWS CloudKubernetesSparkKafkaDatabricksBatchStreaming PipelinesAnalytical SkillsAgile MethodologiesGitOpsCI/CDCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving Skills

Required

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math, or equivalent technical field

5+ years of professional experience developing software applications

Java/Scala experience required

Highly motivated and willing to take ownership of high-impact projects upon arrival

Prior hands-on experience with data platforms and technologies such as Delta Lake, Spark, Kubernetes, Kafka, ClickHouse, and/or Presto/Trino

Experience building large-scale batch and streaming pipelines with strict SLA and data quality requirements

Must possess excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Recent hands-on experience with AWS Cloud development, deployment and monitoring necessary

Demonstrated experience working on an Agile team employing software engineering best practices, such as GitOps and CI/CD, to deliver complex software projects

The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems are essential functions of the role

Preferred

Python experience a significant plus

Demonstrated experience working with diverse data sets and frameworks across multiple domains – financial data experience not required, but a strong plus

Benefits

Discretionary performance bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Employer-paid medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement contributions

Paid time off

Other benefits

Company

Akuna Capital

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Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in derivatives market-making.

Founded in 2011

Chicago, Illinois, USA

201-500 employees

https://akunacapital.com

H1B Sponsorship

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