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Platform Engineer
Akuna Capital LLC · 🇺🇸 Remote · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 33 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 20 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Akuna Capital LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles12 certified filings for “Software Engineer III” (Software Developers) in IL: $155k–$165k, median $155k. Most were filed at wage level I (58%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Akuna Capital LLC
The US Department of Labor certified 33 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 20 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About Akuna: Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge 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 , we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies , and mathematical models. Our Founding Partners 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, London, and Singapore . What you’ll do as a Platform Engineer at Akuna: 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 monitor our hybrid-cloud environments. I n this role, you will: • Ensure cloud services are leveraged to their full potential (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and best practices are being followed • Help manage our public cloud growth and continuously improve Akuna’s hybrid-cloud operating model • Evaluate proposed solution architectures and provide recommendations • Provision, configure, upgrade, and monitor technologies such as Kubernetes (EKS and on-premise), Spark, Kafka, and other large-scale distributed databases • Automate infrastructure management and development pipelines with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins and GitLab • Explore new technologies in the cloud-native/container ecosystem • Work with Infrastructure and Development teams to monitor systems, clusters and cloud deployments to detect errors and monitor performance • Adhere to the engineering mindset of creating and maintaining performant and reliable production systems Qualities that make great candidates: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field • 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles • This role is available hybrid from our Chicago office or fully remote. • AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification preferred • Deep experience deploying, operating, and scaling Kubernetes in production, including on-premise clusters and Amazon EKS • Strong expertise designing and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS; experience with GCP is a plus • Advanced proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including reusable module development, state management, and platform automation • Experience building and operating highly available, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms • Strong knowledge of observability, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational troubleshooting • Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices • Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills in distributed production environments • Proficiency in automation and scripting with Python, Bash, or similar languages • Experience with cloud-native data services, including Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift, and DynamoDB • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architectural decisions, and mentor engineers • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience partnering across engineering, operations, and b