IMC Trading
Trading Engineer - Execution
Chicago, United StatesFrom $225kmidAdded 2 days ago
About this role
Join our execution team as a Trading Systems Engineer responsible for maintaining and improving critical real-time trading infrastructure. You'll balance operational support of live systems with engineering projects aimed at enhancing reliability, performance, and automation across hardware, networking, and application layers.
What you'll do
- Provide on-call support for critical execution systems through structured rotation schedules
- Diagnose and resolve production incidents involving trading, infrastructure, and exchange connectivity
- Monitor system performance and proactively identify risks to trading operations
- Build automation tools for system orchestration and operational efficiency
- Conduct root cause analysis to eliminate recurring issues
- Enhance monitoring, observability, and resilience of core market connectivity
What they're looking for
- Linux systems administration and server management
- Network fundamentals including routing, TCP/UDP, multicast, and kernel bypass technology
- Python and Bash scripting
- Site Reliability Engineering or Production Engineering experience
- Low-latency systems troubleshooting and problem-solving
- MySQL, MongoDB, or NoSQL databases (preferred)
- Hardware and network connectivity expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Benefits
- Exposure to cutting-edge, low-latency trading infrastructure
- Direct immediate impact on live trading operations
- Broad technical growth across hardware, networking, systems, and application layers
- Collaboration with elite traders and engineers
- Discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits including paid leave and insurance
- $175,000–$225,000 base salary range
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