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Performance Engineer

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AKUNA CAPITAL

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United States, Chicago

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Category:
IT - Software Development

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Contract Type:
Employment contract

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Salary:

130000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

Akuna Capital is seeking a Performance Engineer to join its Performance Engineering Team, which is focused on a rigorous and holistic approach to improving software, hardware, and strategy performance. The team is responsible for maintaining and increasing the firm's competitiveness at various global exchanges. The role involves investigating new optimization opportunities and bringing them to fruition through software optimizations, hardware analysis, orchestration of physical installations, analysis of exchange-specific protocols, or building performance gauging tools.

Job Responsibility:

  • Contribute to the design and implementation of our trading engine by increasing its performance with projects such as benchmarking systems, evaluating new devices, latency, and throughput analysis
  • Develop tools and applications for benchmarking new devices and software
  • Assist with performance troubleshooting and identify key opportunities for improvement
  • Use a data driven approach to collaborate with relevant Trading, Quant, and Technology teams to expand and improve our systems, footprint, and latency across different strategies and exchanges
  • Review and analyze how we leverage our proprietary systems, identifying potential bottlenecks and considering how we can improve our technology stack to better our trading success

Requirements:

  • BS/MS/PhD in technical field - Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering
  • Strong C++ or Python programming background with demonstrated experience developing performant, scalable applications
  • Experience analyzing and tuning operating systems, compilers, networking, IO subsystems, or accelerators
  • Exposure to statistical and experimental methods and tools for testing performance
  • Highly collaborative in nature - excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work on cross-functional teams including Trading, Development, IT, and Quant
  • 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
What we offer:
  • discretionary performance bonus
  • comprehensive benefits package that may encompass employer-paid medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, paid time off, and other benefits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 05, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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