Is AKUNA CAPITAL a good company to work for?

AKUNA CAPITAL has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 381 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 4% over the last 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at AKUNA CAPITAL to a friend and 73% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about AKUNA CAPITAL have been left by employees working as Trading Intern , Junior Trader and Software Engineer .

Does AKUNA CAPITAL pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AKUNA CAPITAL employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AKUNA CAPITAL. This rating has improved by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AKUNA CAPITAL?

77% of AKUNA CAPITAL employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AKUNA CAPITAL 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AKUNA CAPITAL?

Trader (33) , Software Developer (29) , Software Engineer (28) , Junior Trader (18) , Trading Intern (15) , Developer (11) , Quantitative Researcher (11) , Junior Developer (8) , Quantitative Analyst (7) , Quantitative Developer (7) , Intern (6) , C++ Developer (5) , Derivatives Trader (5) , SWE Intern (5) , Anonymous (4)

What are the pros of working at AKUNA CAPITAL according to real employee reviews?

"Most people are nice and helpful." ((in 51 reviews)); "Culture is good" ((in 24 reviews)); "Friendly and smart colleagues" ((in 17 reviews)); "• good work life balance" ((in 16 reviews)); "good and smart people who are always open to teaching" ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AKUNA CAPITAL according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor, lack of direction" ((in 18 reviews)); "Low pay and no lunch" ((in 11 reviews)); "Nepotism at its best." ((in 8 reviews)); "Layoffs were scary during my internship." ((in 7 reviews)); "Long hours and not much off a community" ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about AKUNA CAPITAL layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AKUNA CAPITAL layoffs and their outlook for job security at AKUNA CAPITAL in 2026.

What are the top reviewed AKUNA CAPITAL locations?

Chicago , New York , Champaign , Syracuse , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Boston

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AKUNA CAPITAL reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(293 total reviews)

73% positive business outlook

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AKUNA CAPITAL has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 293 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AKUNA CAPITAL employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

293 reviews

4.0

May 15, 2023

Good company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting, fast paced, smart people

Cons

Management is poor, lack of direction

5.0

Apr 13, 2023

Ok for HFT

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Snacks, young teams, ownership of work, non-toxic culture despite being a HFT, great pay

Cons

Longer than tech job hours

4.0

Mar 30, 2023

Decent employer

Junior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Most people are nice to work with and super helpful, however it's a bit of a gamble as your environment/WLB will largely depend on which team you land on. * Slightly better WLB than similar trading firms. * There is a healthy obsession with QoL features such as build which is nice for devs.

Cons

* Relatively low pay compared to other firms. * Some code poorly written (especially the case for older written software) = bad time if you have to work with it. * High attrition, both by choice and by force (there was a zero warning mass layoff recently) * Little to no documentation and lack of focus on it (also nobody really cares much about testing). Combined with high attrition makes for inefficient work environment. * A relatively high proportion of devs are expected to support traders.

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