About
The foundation of our business, PEAK6 Capital Management, LLC is a proprietary trading firm that provides significant liquidity throughout U.S. financial markets. Through sophisticated technology, disciplined risk management, and continuous innovation, we have earned a 20-year track record of success. See for yourself how the intersection of trading and technology in a fast-paced, collaborative environment can make for a rewarding career.
Trading Careers
The path to a career in trading isn’t always an obvious one. In fact, some of our best traders weren’t planning on becoming traders. They had plans to be engineers, consultants, mathematicians, economists, investment bankers, or work on another side of the financial world. What they did have in common, however, was an insatiable curiosity, an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to win. They’re problem solvers and analytical whizzes who love taking calculated risks and beating the odds.
As a successful proprietary trading firm, we offer incredible opportunities for smart, entrepreneurial team players. We give you the training and the tools to put your best ideas into market. We encourage innovative thinking and reward fresh ideas. Most importantly, we give you a chance to grow, learn and build a successful career surrounded by incredibly smart people who love what they do. Plus, it’s exciting and thrilling, because no two days in the market are the same.
Cutting-Edge Proprietary Tools
Our technology teams develop customized, proprietary trading technology, tools and systems to help you develop and implement your trading ideas.
Trade Sooner
With our unique training structure and proprietary trading tools, as a trader it’s possible to move from the classroom to actual trading execution in a short period of time.
Learn from Experienced Traders
Be a part of a supportive and collaborative culture where you’ll get personalized guidance from senior traders and other members of the team to develop your trading skills and shape your strategies.
Challenging, yet Rewarding Culture
Work with incredibly talented traders and colleagues who will push you to be the best and help you grow and develop as a trader.
Tech Careers
The financial industry isn’t the first place most software developers and engineers look for a career in technology. But the financial world has emerged as a leading industry for innovative, breakthrough technology solutions. Investment and trading firms now rely on incredibly sophisticated, leading-edge technology to stay ahead of the markets and power their businesses. There’s more opportunity than ever for brilliant minds to revolutionize the industry with brilliant solutions.
Technology is at the core of every business here at PEAK6. Developing the level of technology we need to run our businesses requires wildly talented software engineers, and we pride ourselves on giving our software developers incredible freedom to explore innovative solutions and try new ideas. Every idea, opinion and objection is heard. We collaborate and work together to find the right solution to our business’ incredibly difficult challenges. For those up to the challenge, the rewards are real. Here, your work will matter and your efforts will have an impact.
Collaborative Culture
Complex technology requires complex solutions, which is why we’re passionate about collaborating and working together to find the right solution. We value new ideas and encourage discussions. You’ll have opportunities to influence the shape of our processes and approaches.
Sophisticated Technology
You’ll develop a vast range of large-scale concepts and ideas into proprietary, distributed, high-performance trading technologies, systems, and business solutions. And, you’ll work with a variety of technologies and languages, including Java, Go, Python, and Javascript/React.
Opportunities for Impact
We give every developer and engineer the tools they need to be successful. Our intensive training will get you up-to-speed and give you the skills to develop proprietary low-latency, high-speed trading systems and learn the business of options and equities trading.
Mentorship
You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with incredibly smart engineers who will mentor you and provide guidance as you enhance your skills as a developer.
Our Leaders
Dan Perper
Chief Executive Officer
Palak Jain
Chief Technology Officer
Jason Kunreuther
Chief Operating Officer
Tom Simpson
Managing Director of Trading
Values
PEAK6 Capital Management (CapMan) is a unique trading firm operating in its own way. The CapMan Core Values are what we look for in our traders because it is these values that make our traders — and our firm — successful.
Luke
Software EngineerThere’s not really this sense of being micro-managed … it’s really around this value of proving out your ideas, and how good they are and how well they fit the need that has been established.
Jordan
TraderTrading on a team lets you play to your strengths and enjoy what you’re doing every day. And when you’re surrounded by really smart people, you’re going to get better every day too.
Paul
Software EngineerIf you’re in the technology business at PEAK6, you could be moved around to any brand new idea and it could be a brand new business from the ground-up. It’s like all the benefits of the start-up scene on the West Coast, but you have this hugely successful firm with the capital to support these kind of things.
Josh
Director of Trading Associate ProgramWith a great training program and great young minds, we will help you analyze risk/reward and expect you to be creative and bring new things to the table as a trader.