Software Engineer Intern - Full Stack Web, Summer 2027

<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About Akuna: </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market maker, meaning 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, trading strategies, and mathematical models.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Our Founding Partners</span><em><span data-contrast="auto"> </span></em><span data-contrast="auto">first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm’s first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, Singapore, and London.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What you’ll do as a Full Stack Web Software Engineer Intern on the User Interface team at Akuna:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are seeking Web Software Engineer Interns to join the UI team for our 10-week Akunacademy summer internship program. You will work directly with Traders, Quants, and other Software Engineers to design, build, test, and maintain real-time trading applications. </span><span data-contrast="none">Each intern takes full ownership of their project, and at the end of the program, has the opportunity to present their work and accomplishments. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Our applications are the primary way Akuna’s market-makers interact with the financial markets, and their performance allows us to confidently provide liquidity in times of volatility. In this role you will:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop web applications using React, TypeScript, and Python</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Implement sound and robust unit and integration tests to ensure the quality of our software</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Continuously