Akuna Capital
Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments · Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms
19open roles
$145kmedian advertised pay
42H-1B filings in 12 months
Growinghiring pace, 63 of 100
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.
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 22 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
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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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$145k
Typical range
$50k – $170k
Open positions
16
13
Jobs
Intern
30.8%
Junior
23.1%
Middle
38.5%
Staff
7.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 4 | $145k | $50k – $145k |
| Junior | 3 | $145k | $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 · 16 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
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
In the register as Akuna Capital, LLC, Chicago, IL (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
Maven Securities 
Exegy 
Teza Technologies LLC 
Category
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 24, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
63/100
Growing
Open positions
22
3 opened / 12 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
107 days
faster than 11% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
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
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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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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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
17 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 65% engineering $140k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Backend, Early Careers
Shanghai
China
Engineering / R&D
Shanghai
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Data Science, Backend
Sydney
Australia
Engineering / R&D
Sydney
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Backend, DevOps
London
United Kingdom
Regional office
London
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for DevOps
Singapore
Singapore
Regional office
Singapore
1 posted in 90 days
Boston
United States
Regional office
Boston
Austin
United States
Regional office
Austin