Quant jobs / Akuna Capital

Junior Quantitative Researcher

An entry-level research role on the quant team of an options market maker, using statistics and machine learning to build trading strategies. No financial background is required.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Build strategies with statistical and machine learning models
Develop optimisation methods for portfolio construction
Model market behaviour from data
Explore new research directions with the team

What they ask for

Required

Technical degree completed by start
Strong statistics and machine learning
Experience building models for messy real-world problems
Intermediate Python
Quick, accurate problem solving

Education: Bachelor's, master's or PhD in a technical field; graduating by August 2027
Experience: New graduates; finance experience not required
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: options, multi-asset

How to prepare

Build and validate a machine learning model on noisy time-series data
Revise regression, regularisation and cross-validation
Learn mean-variance and constrained portfolio optimisation
Practise timed maths and coding problems

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Akuna Capital and doesn’t handle applications.