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How Akuna Capital hires

Truth index
A 90/100
Median time to fill
106 days
Ghost roles
9%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

Akuna Capital scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 23 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 9% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 106 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Visa sponsorship

Top 6% of 8,228 sponsors
42 ▼ 11%
H-1B filings in 12 months
20
Green card filings
$146k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
16
Other financial specialists
15
Financial and investment analysts
4
6 more occupations and the salary for eachVisa pass · 90 credits
In the register as Akuna Capital, LLC, Chicago, IL (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 24, 2026 · Visa details by country

Overview

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm specializing in options market making, powered by cutting-edge technology and collaboration across Trading, Tech, Quant, and Operations.

News

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Tapiero's 10T Holdings, Akuna Capital Buy $100M Stake in Bitcoin Options Exchange Deribit
Dan Tapiero's 10T Holdings and Akuna Capital have invested $100 million in bitcoin futures exchange Deribit, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.Deribit, one of the world's biggest crypto options exchanges by volume, confirmed the transaction
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Akuna Capital over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
76
Postings analysed
32
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
Python78%
C++28%
Bash16%
SQL9%
Frameworks & libraries
Jest3%
PyTorch3%
Pytest3%
React.js3%
Databases
Amazon Aurora9%
Amazon Redshift9%
DynamoDB9%
ClickHouse3%
Cloud & platforms
Linux28%
AWS19%
Kubernetes16%
Amazon EKS13%
AI & ML
LLM6%
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Full Akuna Capital tech stack 76 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$145k
Typical range
$50k – $170k
Open positions
17
14 Jobs
Intern 28.6%
Junior 28.6%
Middle 35.7%
Staff 7.1%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 4 $145k $50k – $145k
Junior 4 $145k $90k – $145k
Middle 5 $145k $145k
Staff 1 $170k $170k
Highest paying role Engineering Manager - Full-Stack Web $170k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Akuna Capital By role, level and city, against the market · 17 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
39/100
Slowing
Open positions
23
1 opened / 8 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
106 days
faster than 11% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
23% ▲
Data Science
15% ▲
Backend
15% ▼
DevOps
15% ▲
Support
15% ▼
Leadership
8% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: London Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack Sep 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack Sep 2026
Added OWASP to stack Sep 2026
Added DNS to stack Sep 2026
Added DLP to stack Sep 2026
Added Active Directory to stack Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
7
Hiring now
4
Countries
5
Busiest office
Chicago
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Chicago United States
Engineering / R&D
Chicago
18 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 61% engineering $137k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Backend, Finance
seen since Jul 2025 careers board, job postings
Shanghai China
Engineering / R&D
Shanghai
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Data Science, Backend
seen since Mar 2025 careers board, job postings
Sydney Australia
Engineering / R&D
Sydney
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Backend, DevOps
seen since May 2023 careers board, job postings
London United Kingdom
Regional office
London
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for DevOps
seen since Sep 2026 careers board, job postings
Singapore Singapore
Regional office
Singapore
1 posted in 90 days
seen since Sep 2026 careers board
Boston United States
Regional office
Boston
careers board
Austin United States
Regional office
Austin
careers board

Jobs

$170k per year · In office · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
Python
TypeScript
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≈ $34k – $101k per year (Estimated) · In office · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Shanghai
C++
Machine Learning
DevOps
HPC
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$145k per year · In office · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
Python
C++
Linux
Management
Agile
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≈ $31k – $84k per year (Estimated) · In office · Bachelor's Degree · Shanghai
Python
C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Transformers
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Time Series
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≈ $26k – $70k per year (Estimated) · In office · Bachelor's Degree · Shanghai
C++
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≈ $84k – $232k per year (Estimated) · In office · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sydney
Python
Bash
DynamoDB
Apache Kafka
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Aurora
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
Jenkins
AWS
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Amazon EKS
GitLab
Linux
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≈ $94k – $189k per year (Estimated) · In office · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · London
Python
Bash
DynamoDB
Apache Kafka
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Aurora
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
Jenkins
AWS
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Amazon EKS
GitLab
Linux
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$145k per year · In office · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
Python
Machine Learning
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In office · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sydney
Python
C++
Linux
Management
Agile
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$145k per year · Remote (United States) · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Python
Bash
DynamoDB
Apache Kafka
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Aurora
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
Jenkins
AWS
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Amazon EKS
GitLab
Linux
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$145k per year · In office · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
Python
C++
Machine Learning
Cybersecurity
Volatility
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$145k per year · In office · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
C++
Agile
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