Platform 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 Partnersfirst 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 Shanghai Singapore and London.

Whatyoulldo as a Platform Engineer Intern at Akuna:

We are seeking Platform Engineer Interns to join our innovative and growing technology team for our 10-weekAkunacademyinternship willwork within the Platform EngineeringTeam gainingexpertisethrough building highly automatedoperations whilemonitoringand managing the operational capabilities of systems at Akuna.Each intern takes full ownership of their project and at the end of the program has the opportunity to present their work and this role youwill:

• Support and design the ongoing growth design and expansion of our Platform offerings to meet the needs of our internal stakeholders with scalable reliable and highly available systems

• Work with our steam aligned and partner platform teams to develop our hybrid cloud platform

• Produce clean well-tested and documented code with a clear design to supportproductioninfrastructure and systems

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

Requirements for this role:

• Pursuing a bachelorsmasters orPh.D. in a technical field (computer science/engineering mathphysics or equivalent)

• Graduating by August 2028

• Major 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 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:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Kubernetesand AWS Cloud

• Experience with cloud computing networking dataengineeringand security

• 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

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!

**Resumes must besubmittedin PDF format.

Byapplyingto this 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.