Trading Engineer

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.

• 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

• 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

$130,000—$215,000 USD