Key Skills
Job Description
At IMC, technology is not a department; it’s at the heart of everything we do. Developed in-house, our innovative software makes millions of trading decisions daily, and we win by making better and faster decisions than our competition.
Our Trading Reliability Engineering team plays a critical role at the heart of our complex environment. Making sure that we can release daily in a safe and controlled manner is a vital responsibility, as well as ensuring high availability, stability and performance. The team works closely with traders and a wide range of technologists such as developers, systems engineers, network engineers and performance engineers in a diverse technical landscape. One where many components interface and manage a high-volume data flow over a low-latency infrastructure to execute our trading strategies.
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Troubleshooting and providing quick response to production issues but more importantly solving the root cause of problems in a structural way
- Helping eliminate downtime using the latest open source technologies, translating trading requests into concrete technical requirements, and working with focus teams to create and implement new sustainable solutions.
- Coordinate, prioritize and plan the changes to our trading software to ensure smooth exchange migrations and quick time to market for new features and software.
- Working closely with traders and quantitative researchers and a wide range of technologists such as developers, systems engineers, network engineers and performance engineers in a diverse technical landscape. One where many components interface and manage a high-volume data flow over a low-latency infrastructure to execute our trading strategies.
Your Skills and Experience:
- 2+ years of experience as an SRE or System Engineer or DevOps Engineer or MLOps Engineer
- Python and Bash scripting skills
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Solid understanding of the Linux Operating System
- Experience with building and maintaining Machine Learning pipelines is a plus
- Experience with database querying
- Basic understanding of TCP/IP protocols
- A knack for troubleshooting
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- A proactive attitude and a strong drive to learn and develop yourself
About Us
IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.
Core Responsibilities
The Trading Reliability Engineer will troubleshoot production issues, solve root causes, and ensure high availability and stability of trading systems. They will also coordinate software changes and collaborate with traders and technologists to implement sustainable technical solutions.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 2 years of experience in SRE, System Engineering, DevOps, or MLOps roles. Proficiency in Python, Bash, Kubernetes, Linux, and database querying is required, along with strong troubleshooting and communication skills.
About IMC
Industry: Financial Services
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
IMC is a 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.