Job Description

We are looking for a multi-talented and passionate Trading Engineer to join our strategy development team. This person will provide high-quality technical support to traders and developers while ensuring optimal performance and reliability of trading operations at IMC.

Your Core Responsibilities: 

• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues for proprietary trading applications
• Communicate incident status and resolutions to users in a clear and timely manner
• Monitor trading system performance, proactively identify issues, and implement solutions
• Ensure uptime and reliability of applications and systems during trading hours
• Develop automation tools and scripts to reduce operational overhead
• Perform in-depth analysis on a range of complex, multi-faceted systems (e.g., root cause)
• Partner with cross-functional teams to implement new features and services that improve performance, reliability, and scalability of trading systems

Your Skills and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar field of study
• 3+ years of experience in application support, site reliability engineering, or related role that focuses on supporting high-performance applications
• Demonstrated experience working in a production Kubernetes environment required
• Proficiency with writing tools and scripts in Python and Bash required
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus), databases (SQL and MongoDB), and data-driven analysis is a strong plus
• Familiarity with CentOS or related enterprise Linux distributions (e.g. RHEL, Rocky Linux) is a plus
• Self-driven with a passion for engineering and a natural sense of curiosity
• A team player with strong communication skills

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$130,000—$215,000 USD

About Us

IMC is a leading global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

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