Quant jobs / Akuna Capital

Junior Quantitative Risk Analyst

A junior risk role at an options market maker, building tools to measure and control market and execution risk. It sits in a small risk team beside developers and analysts.

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.

Implement risk measures and automated reporting
Create new ways to quantify risk and performance from market data
Help set, test and monitor exchange and internal position limits
Improve risk infrastructure with developers

What they ask for

Required

Knowledge of options theory or finance
Programming, for example in Python
Numerical problem solving
Attention to detail
Quantitative degree or equivalent evidence

Preferred

Education: Degree in a quantitative field, or evidence of strong maths
Experience: Early career; some options knowledge expected
Languages and tools: Python
SQL
Markets: options

How to prepare

Learn Greeks, scenario analysis and VaR for options books
Build a Python tool that reports portfolio risk from positions
Study exchange position limits and how they are monitored
Practise SQL on trade and market data

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.