About Akuna:
Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions and automation.
We specialise 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.
At Akuna we have a flat structure, where the best idea wins.
Our Founding Partners, including Andrew Killion, 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.
What you'll do as a Systems Engineer at Akuna:
We are looking for a Systems Engineer to be responsible for Akuna’s Linux server platform health.
This person will participate in the design, deployment, and maintenance of our high-performance platform to support our trading environment.
They will also automate daily software and hardware tasks while writing and maintaining scripts and tools.
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, proactive, and able to take ownership of projects and problems with minimal supervision.
In this role, you will:
Investigate new products and techniques to improve efficiency and performance in the environmentResponsible for architecture and maintenance of a tier-based storage solutionManagement of Akuna’s server infrastructure at third party and local data centresAdditional day-to-day responsibilities include system analysis, monitoring, and performance tuning, as well as additional support as required Qualities that make great candidates:
Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related experienceGood English communication skills4-6 years of systems engineering experienceAdvanced experience with a variety of Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu ,etc.)Experience in managing and running services within K8s clustersExperience in managing a large scale AWS Cloud platform environmentExperience in automation of daily software and hardware related tasks, Python or Bash scripting experience preferredExperience with build and configuration management tools (Ansible/Rundeck, Puppet, Foreman)Experience with system monitoring and alerting tools (Icinga/Nagios, Prometheus, Alertmanager)Experience in virtualization and orchestration platforms like VMware, Kubernetes and TerraformExperience in supporting a variety of storage platforms/protocolsFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and toolingLinux kernel and low latency performance tuningKnowledge of database systems, including PostgreSQL and MySQLExperience in troubleshooting multicast and TCP related performance issuesAbility to diagnose and troubleshoot issues