Systems Engineer
Akuna Capital
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Description
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 environment
- Management of Akuna’s server infrastructure at third party and local data centres
- Additional day-to-day responsibilities include system analysis, monitoring, and performance tuning, as well as additional support as required
Qualities that make great candidates:
- 4-6 years of systems engineering experience
- Advanced experience with a variety of Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu ,etc.)
- Experience in managing and running services within K8s clusters
- Experience in automation of daily software and hardware related tasks, Python or Bash scripting experience preferred
- Experience 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 Terraform
- Experience in supporting a variety of storage platforms/protocols
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling
- Linux kernel and low latency performance tuning
- Knowledge of database systems, including PostgreSQL and MySQL
- Experience in troubleshooting multicast and TCP related performance issues
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot issues
- Good English communication skills
Bonus
- Ideally a STEM degree (Bachelors, Masters or PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related field.
About this role
Akuna Capital is seeking a Systems Engineer to own the health and performance of its Linux server infrastructure supporting a high-frequency trading environment. You'll design, deploy, and maintain low-latency platforms across the firm's data centres, automate routine tasks through scripting, and investigate new technologies to drive efficiency gains. This is a hands-on role where you'll take direct ownership of projects with minimal supervision, working across system analysis, monitoring, performance tuning, and infrastructure management.
The ideal candidate brings 4–6 years of systems engineering experience with strong Linux expertise across multiple distributions. You should be comfortable managing Kubernetes clusters, writing automation in Python or Bash, and working with configuration management tools like Ansible or Puppet. Experience with monitoring stacks (Icinga, Prometheus), virtualization platforms (VMware, Kubernetes, Terraform), storage systems, CI/CD pipelines, and database systems (PostgreSQL, MySQL) is expected. Bonus qualifications include a STEM degree and familiarity with low-latency performance tuning and multicast/TCP troubleshooting—skills that directly support a trading firm's technical demands.
This is a full-time, in-office role based in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It suits someone self-motivated and proactive who thrives in a flat organizational structure and wants to work at the intersection of infrastructure reliability and high-performance trading systems.
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Typical pay for this role
$140,000
Typical range: $100,000 to $140,000
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