Akuna Capital is seeking to improve its trading strategies and predictive models by developing machine learning algorithms to contribute to its strategy portfolio.
Requirements
- 3+ years of strong professional work experience in statistics, machine learning or related area
- BS/MS/PhD degree in a technical field – Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, or similar
- Proven research background in academic or professional environment
- Programming experience in Python or C++
- Expertise in statistics and machine learning
Responsibilities
- Develop trading strategies using statistical and machine learning algorithms
- Drive improvements in predictive models through rigorous signal and feature research
- Design and optimize machine learning workflows to support scalable, efficient, and reproducible research
Other
- Ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions
- Ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
