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Posted October 29, 2026

Quantitative Developer

Akuna Capital

Category:Quantitative Development

Location:Shanghai

Seniority
Medior
Employment type
Full-time
Work arrangement
On-site

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience developing performant, scalable applications in modern C++
  • BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or equivalent
  • Experience using data to drive decision-making
  • Desire and ability to learn the intricacies of financial markets
  • Willing to prepare and take English technical interviews

Nice to have

  • Solid understanding of multi-threaded/multi-core programming paradigms
  • Experience with high frequency trading system
  • Deeper understanding of any of the following fields: Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Statistics, Optimization, Signal Processing, Computer Architecture, Machine Learning, Heterogeneous/High Performance computing
  • 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
  • Passion towards financial markets and trading

About the role

Akuna’s Quantitative Trading and Research team creates trading strategies scientifically by combining its quantitative expertise with sophisticated understanding of derivatives and financial markets. The team is looking to add Quantitative Developers who will work alongside researchers, traders, and system engineers to develop software that incorporates vast amounts of data to drive sophisticated strategies, capturing market opportunities before our competition. The successful candidate will have a strong programming background to produce trading solutions and high-performance production code. In this role you will:

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop production code of trading strategies: pricing models, execution logic and performance optimization
  • Develop and improve data and research pipeline
  • Advance existing codebase and propose new solutions and improvements

Skills

C++ · multi-threaded/multi-core programming · high frequency trading system · Linear Algebra · Numerical Methods · Statistics · Optimization · Signal Processing · Computer Architecture · Machine Learning · Heterogeneous/High Performance computing