Hardware Engineer Intern, Summer 2027

Akuna Capital·Chicago, IL ·onsite
crypto:applicationengineeringIC2Engineering
Compensation
Not disclosed
About Akuna: 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. 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. What you’ll do as a Hardware Engineer Intern on the FPGA Team at Akuna: We are seeking Hardware Engineer Interns to join our innovative and growing technology team for our 10-week Akunacademy summer internship program. You will join our FPGA Team and work alongside our experienced Hardware and C++ Software Engineers to design and implement elegant solutions to complex and interesting problems. Each intern takes full ownership of their project, and at the end of the program, has the opportunity to present their work and accomplishments. As an intern, you’ll use cutting-edge technology to work on high performance, low latency systems, collaborating with team members to investigate and create automated trading algorithms. You’ll work on high-performance computing systems to push the boundaries of speed snd performance, contributing to high-profile work that directly impacts the company’s bottom line. Requirements for this role: Pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer and Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field Graduating by August 2029 GPA of 3.5 or above Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required on the first day of employment including F-1 students using CP