Trade Support Engineer
Job Description
<p><strong>About Akuna:</strong></p> <p>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. </p> <p>Our Founding Partners 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. </p> <p><strong>What you’ll do as a Trade Support Engineer at Akuna:</strong> </p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are seeking a Trade Support Engineer to join our dynamic team at Akuna </span><span data-contrast="auto">Sydney.</span><span data-contrast="auto"> In this role, you will take full ownership of installing, managing, optimising, and troubleshooting our proprietary systems within our production trading environment. You will join a highly collaborative, supportive team where every individual is empowered to contribute ideas and drive critical business outcomes. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="auto">Production Support and Systems Operations</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" 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">Provide in-office support to trading teams using our proprietary trading systems.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" 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">Troubleshoot critical issues alongside Development, Trading, and Infrastructure Teams.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" 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">Own the release process for seamless, reliable upgrades to Akuna’s core trading software.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Configure and manage production trading applications across desktop and server environments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="auto">Automation and Environment Monitoring</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></sp