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Platform Engineer

Akuna Capital · Remote · Platform

Posted Sep 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

The posting names leading technical initiatives, influencing architecture decisions and mentoring engineers. Tell me about a technical direction you changed someone's mind about.

What they are checking: Whether they influence architecture through evidence and persuasion, since this senior role expects them to lead initiatives and mentor other engineers.

What would you do

Trading systems are unforgiving about latency and downtime. What does that change about how you design and deploy?

What they are checking: Whether they understand how latency and downtime directly cost money in trading, shaping careful deployment, redundancy and change windows around market hours.

Something is degraded in production during market hours. Walk me through your first fifteen minutes.

What they are checking: Incident response where the clock has real money on it

The posting asks for a bachelor's degree and three or more years in platform, cloud, reliability or infrastructure engineering, and says the role is hybrid from Chicago or fully remote. Where do you sit, and which arrangement would you want?

What they are checking: The stated experience and the stated location choice, both confirmed

About the work

This role runs the platform for a trading firm — cloud, containers and large-scale distributed systems. Walk me through the platform you are responsible for today.

What they are checking: Whether they have truly owned a platform end to end, including decisions and incidents, rather than only contributing pieces of someone else's system.

The posting names deploying, operating and scaling Kubernetes in production, both on-premises and on managed cloud clusters. What is genuinely different about running it on your own hardware?

What they are checking: The named dual environment, which most candidates have only half of

You'd automate with Terraform. How do you structure reusable modules and handle state so a team can work in it safely?

What they are checking: The named tool, tested at the depth the posting asks for

The posting names Spark, Kafka and other large-scale distributed databases. Which have you operated, and what broke?

What they are checking: Whether they have operated Spark, Kafka or similar systems through real failures, since operating experience teaches lessons that documentation and tutorials never cover.

How do you build observability so you find a problem before a trader does?

What they are checking: Whether they build monitoring, logging and alerting that catch problems early, since traders notice outages immediately and losses can add up fast.

How do you decide what belongs in the public cloud and what stays on your own infrastructure in a hybrid model?

What they are checking: Whether they can reason about cost, latency, control and compliance when placing workloads, rather than defaulting to cloud or on-premises out of habit.

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The full job description

As published by Akuna Capital.

About Akuna: &nbsp; Akuna Capital&nbsp; is an innovative &nbsp;trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration,&nbsp; cutting-edge &nbsp;technology, data driven solutions , and automation. We specialize 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 , &nbsp;we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies , &nbsp;and mathematical models. <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":300,"335559740":350}">&nbsp; Our Founding Partners &nbsp; 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&nbsp; operate &nbsp;from&nbsp; additional &nbsp;offices in Sydney, Shanghai,&nbsp; London,&nbsp; and Singapore . <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":300,"335559740":350}">&nbsp; What&nbsp;you’ll&nbsp;do as a&nbsp;Platform Engineer&nbsp;at Akuna: <span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276,"469777462":[9360],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[4]}">&nbsp; This is an exciting role where you will be given the opportunity to take ownership of projects and make them your own. At Akuna, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our efficiency as we continue to grow. As a Platform Engineer, you will work closely with our Trading, Development, Infrastructure, and Operations teams. You will design and implement cloud solutions, automate infrastructure as code, improve cloud governance and security, and&nbsp;monitor&nbsp;our hybrid-cloud environments. I n this role, you will: &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"> Ensure cloud services are leveraged to their full potential (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and best practices are being followed <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Help manage our public cloud growth and continuously improve Akuna’s hybrid-cloud operating model <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Evaluate proposed solution architectures and provide recommendations <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Provision, configure, upgrade, and monitor technologies such as Kubernetes (EKS and on-premise), Spark, Kafka, and other large-scale distributed databases <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Automate infrastructure management and development pipelines with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins and GitLab <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Explore new technologies in the cloud-native/container ecosystem <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Work with Infrastructure and Development teams to monitor systems, clusters and cloud deployments to detect errors and monitor performance <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Adhere to the engineering mindset of creating and maintaining performant and reliable production systems Qualities that make great candidates: &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"> Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">This role is available hybrid from our Chicago office or fully remote. <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification preferred <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Deep experience deploying, operating, and scaling Kubernetes in production, including on-premise clusters and Amazon EKS <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Strong expertise designing and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS; experience with GCP is a plus <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Advanced proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including reusable module development, state management, and platform automation <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Experience building and operating highly available, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Strong knowledge of observability, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational troubleshooting &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills in distributed production environments &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Proficiency in automation and scripting with Python, Bash, or similar languages <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Experience with cloud-native data services, including Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift, and DynamoDB <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architectural decisions, and mentor engineers <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1">Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience partnering across engineering, operations, and business teams <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"> The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems are essential functions of the role In addition to technical skillsets, Akuna values the unique perspectives people can bring to the table to collaboratively solve complex problems and drive Akuna forward. We want everyone to feel empowered to apply. We welcome your application and encourage you to take the first steps toward your future with us! Please note that level/title will be determined upon the conclusion of the interview process. If you are a current student or recent graduate, please take a look at our Entry Level and Intern positions. &nbsp; Please note that all final round interviews are conducted onsite at our Chicago office. In accordance with Illinois Equal Pay Act, the minimum base salary starts at $145,000. Exact compensation offered may vary based on many factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and skill set. This role is also eligible for a discretionary performance bonus as part of the total compensation package and includes a comprehensive benefits package that may encompass employer-paid medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, paid time off, and other benefits. The minimum base salary herein was determined in good faith by Akuna Capital LLC.

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