Trading Reliability Engineer

Posted 6 Days Ago
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Amsterdam
Hybrid
1-3 Years Experience
Fintech • Software
IMC is a proprietary trading firm and market maker in various products listed on exchanges globally.
The Role
The Trading Reliability Engineer at IMC plays a critical role in ensuring high availability, stability, and performance of trading software. Responsibilities include troubleshooting production issues, coordinating software changes, and working with traders, developers, and engineers to optimize trading strategies. Required skills include Python, Bash scripting, Kubernetes, and Linux OS knowledge.
Summary Generated by Built In

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 leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we've been a stabilizing force in the financial markets - providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.

Top Skills

Python

What the Team is Saying

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
1,622 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we’ve been a stabilizing force in the financial markets – providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.

Why Work With Us

At IMC, the best ideas win, regardless of hierarchy. We’ve done away with artificial barriers and prioritize our employees. As a result, our people can explore their potential without limits, developing and implementing the systems and strategies that have made us one of the world’s leading liquidity providers.

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