Hardware Engineer Intern, Summer 2027

About Akuna:

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaborationcutting-edgetechnology data driven solutions and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options marketmakermeaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully we design and implement our own low latency technologies tradingstrategiesand mathematical models.

Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firms first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world Chicago. Today Akuna is proud tooperatefromadditionaloffices in Sydney ShanghaiSingaporeand London.

Whatyoulldo as a Hardware Engineer Intern on the FPGA Team at Akuna:

We are seeking Hardware Engineer Interns to join our innovative and growing technology team for our 10-weekAkunacademysummer internship willjoin our FPGA Team andwork alongside our experienced Hardwareand C SoftwareEngineers to design and implement elegant solutions to complex and interesting problems.Each intern takes full ownership of their project and at the end of the program has the opportunity to present their work and accomplishments.

As an internyoullusecutting-edgetechnology to work on high performance low latency systems collaborating with team members to investigate and create automated trading on high-performance computing systems to push the boundaries of speedsndperformance contributing to high-profile work that directlyimpactsthe companys bottom line.

Requirements for this role:

• Pursuing abachelorsmasters or Ph.D. in Computer and Electrical Engineering Computer Science orarelated field

• Graduating by August 2029

• GPA of 3.5 or above

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. isrequiredon the first day of employment including F-1 students using CPT OPT or STEM

Previousexperience in finance or trading isnot ofourengineersjoinedAkuna with little-to-nopriorknowledgeof the markets and we pride ourselves on our ability to onboard those new to the industry. Training and continuous education are provided for all engineers to ensure they can buildthe requisite technical and non-technical skillset for success.

Qualities that make great candidates for the FPGA team:

• Knowledge of digital logic circuit design using VerilogSystemVerilog or VHDL

• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

• 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 is anessential function of the role

• Can create an easily understood and testable design that can change as quickly as the market does

• Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up

**Resumes must besubmittedin PDF format.

In addition to the above technical skills Akunavalues diversity of experience and perspective. We believe thatengineers withvaried backgrounds and interests allowus toapproach problems fromuniqueanglesandtouncover want everyone to feel empowered to apply; we welcome your application and we strongly encourage you to take the first steps in joining usin the future!

Byapplying tothis role you areindicatingthis is your top preference and acknowledge you will not be considered for other Quant and/or Tech roles atAkunathis recruiting season. This acknowledgement does not limit applications to Trading roles - in addition to this role you may apply to any Trader roles of interest.

We are an AI-friendly company and encourage employees to leverage AI in their daily work. However AI assistance is not permitted during interviews or assessments. Our interview process is designed to evaluate your individual skills and judgment and the use of AI tools will result in disqualification from the hiring process.

In accordance withthe IllinoisEqual Pay Act theminimumannualized base salary starts at $145000. Exact compensation offered may vary based on many factors including but not limited to the candidates experience qualifications and skill set. The minimum base salaryhereinwasdeterminedin good faith by Akuna Capital LLC.