Anyone know TC ranges for SWEs at Akuna Capital? Is it comparable to prominent trading firms / hedge funds like Two Sigma, Jane Street, HRT, etc?
I’d also appreciate any other insights about working at Akuna, especially from people who work there now.
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No one expects you to work overtime, but people expect you to deliver results. Most manage to meet their deadlines without putting in extra hours, but if needed you should be prepared to. No slackers/dead weight here, and everyone knows their stuff.
It’s a great place for those willing to do some good work, solving challenging problems that you can’t find answers to on the internet/Stack Overflow (most projects are research and development). Not a good place if you just want to get high TC the most comfortable way possible, doing stuff you already know (like CRUD).
Basically, there’s never a boring day at Akuna Capital.
cJKu57: They’re located in Chicago.
My akuna recruiter would roughly say things like akuna can generally match and slightly beat top tech like goog FB pay. Also keep in mind bonuses are heavily dependent on firm and personal performance in that year. And general rule of thumb is bonuses for swe should be on the order of 1x base (not order of .1x like in tec)