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Software Engineer Intern - Full Stack Web, Summer 2027

Akuna Capital · Chicago, IL · Engineering

Posted Jul 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Walk me through a project where you built a full stack feature end to end. What did the frontend and backend each need to handle, and where did you get stuck?

What they are checking: whether the candidate has real hands-on experience connecting a UI to a backend, not just coursework theory

Tell me about a time you wrote a unit test that actually caught a real bug, not just one written to hit a coverage number.

What they are checking: whether the candidate understands testing as a design and correctness tool rather than a checkbox

Tell me about a time you had to learn a new tool or framework quickly to finish something. How did you approach it?

What they are checking: self-starter capacity, since the internship expects interns to pick up unfamiliar tools without much hand-holding

Describe a time you disagreed with a teammate about how to build something. What happened?

What they are checking: how the candidate handles technical disagreement inside a team, since this role works directly with traders, quants, and engineers

Tell me about a project you owned from start to finish, even a small one. What did 'done' look like to you, and how did you know you'd gotten there?

What they are checking: readiness for the internship's emphasis on full ownership of a project presented at the end of the program

What would you do

Imagine a trader tells you the application is lagging during a volatile market moment. Walk me through how you'd figure out whether the problem is in the frontend, the network, or the backend.

What they are checking: structured debugging instinct and awareness that in this business, latency and correctness under stress are not abstract concerns

Say your team is running Agile with two-week sprints, and midway through a sprint a trader asks for an urgent UI change. How would you handle that request against your existing commitments?

What they are checking: ability to prioritize and communicate under competing pressures in a Scrum-style environment

About the work

Say you have a React component that needs to display live, fast-changing data, like a price ticker. How would you make sure the UI stays responsive and doesn't fall behind as updates come in?

What they are checking: understanding of rendering performance and state management under high-frequency updates, which matters for real-time trading UIs

What's the difference between TypeScript and JavaScript, and can you give an example of a bug TypeScript would have caught before runtime?

What they are checking: genuine familiarity with typed JavaScript versus just having listed it on a resume

How would you design a test suite for a component that fetches data from a Python backend and renders it, using something like Jest or pytest?

What they are checking: ability to reason about integration versus unit test boundaries across a full stack

You're working with a Python backend serving a React frontend. What are the tradeoffs of putting a piece of logic in the frontend versus the backend?

What they are checking: basic architectural judgment about separation of concerns across a full stack

If you had to explain what Git rebase does, and when you'd use it instead of merge, what would you say?

What they are checking: real comfort with version control workflows, not just knowing the words

How comfortable are you working in a Linux environment with the command line, and can you give an example of something you've used it for?

What they are checking: actual command-line fluency versus a checkbox on the resume

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The full job description

As published by Akuna Capital.

About Akuna:&nbsp; &nbsp; Akuna Capital is an innovative 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&nbsp;maker,&nbsp;meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this&nbsp;successfully,&nbsp;we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models. &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, Singapore, and London. &nbsp; What&nbsp;you’ll&nbsp;do as a Full Stack Web Software Engineer Intern on the User Interface team at Akuna: &nbsp; We are seeking Web Software Engineer Interns to join the UI team for our 10-week&nbsp;Akunacademy&nbsp;summer internship program.&nbsp;You will work directly with Traders, Quants, and other Software Engineers to design, build, test, and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;real-time trading applications.&nbsp; Each intern takes full ownership of their project, and at the end of the program, has the opportunity to present their work and accomplishments.&nbsp; &nbsp; Our applications are the primary way Akuna’s market-makers interact with the financial markets, and their performance allows us to confidently provide liquidity in times of volatility. In this role you will: &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" 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"> Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop web applications using React, TypeScript, and Python &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"> Implement sound and robust unit and integration tests to ensure the quality of our software &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"> Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement technologies to maximize both user experience and development efficiency &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"> Participate in Agile/Scrum development and shadow application support process &nbsp; &nbsp; Requirements for this role: &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" 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"> Pursuing a Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. in technical field&nbsp;– Computer&nbsp;Science/Engineering or equivalent &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"> Graduating by August 2028 &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"> Major GPA of 3.5 or above &nbsp; <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"> Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is&nbsp;required&nbsp;on the first day of employment including F-1 students using OPT or STEM &nbsp; <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":720,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}">&nbsp; Previous&nbsp;experience in finance or trading is&nbsp; not &nbsp;required.&nbsp;Many of&nbsp;our&nbsp;engineers&nbsp;joined&nbsp;Akuna with little-to-no&nbsp;prior&nbsp;knowledge&nbsp;of the markets, and we pride ourselves on our ability to onboard those new to the industry. Training and continuous education are provided for all engineers to ensure they can build&nbsp;the requisite technical and non-technical skillset for success. <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}">&nbsp; <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":720,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}">&nbsp; 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="1" data-aria-level="1"> Understanding of web programming languages (JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML/CSS) &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="2" data-aria-level="1"> Familiarity with Linux and a command-line shell &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="3" data-aria-level="1"> Understanding of unit testing concepts and frameworks (e.g.,&nbsp;pytest, Jest, Storybook) &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="4" data-aria-level="1"> Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) &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="5" data-aria-level="1"> Solid problem-solving and analytical skills &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="6" data-aria-level="1"> Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment &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="7" data-aria-level="1"> Self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently &nbsp; &nbsp; In addition to the above technical skills, Akuna&nbsp;values diversity of experience and perspective. We believe that&nbsp;engineers with&nbsp;varied backgrounds and interests allow&nbsp;us to&nbsp;approach problems from&nbsp;unique&nbsp;angles&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;uncover innovative,&nbsp;optimal&nbsp;solutions.&nbsp;We want everyone to feel empowered to apply; we welcome your application, and we strongly encourage you to take the first steps in joining us&nbsp;in the future! <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}">&nbsp; <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":720,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}">&nbsp; **Resumes must be&nbsp;submitted&nbsp;in PDF format. &nbsp; <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":279}">&nbsp; By&nbsp;applying&nbsp;to this role, you are&nbsp;indicating&nbsp;this is your top preference and acknowledge you will not be considered for other Quant and/or Tech roles at&nbsp;Akuna&nbsp;this recruiting season. This acknowledgement does not limit applications to Trading roles - in addition to this role, you may apply to any Trader roles of interest.&nbsp; &nbsp; We are an AI-friendly company and encourage employees to leverage AI in their daily work. However, AI assistance is not permitted during interviews or assessments . Our interview process is designed to evaluate your individual skills and judgment , and the use of AI tools will result in disqualification from the hiring process. In accordance with&nbsp;the Illinois&nbsp;Equal Pay Act, the&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;annualized 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. The minimum base salary&nbsp;herein&nbsp;was&nbsp;determined&nbsp;in good faith by Akuna Capital LLC. &nbsp;

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