Systems Engineer - Global Development Platform at Imc · LumiJobs

Qualification

A self-starter and doerReal ownershipGlobal impactWhy You’ll Love This Role

Experience in operating and enhancing services across various environments, designing and implementing disaster recovery plans, high availability (HA) configurations, and failover strategies
Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools, including Kubernetes and Docker
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or TeamCity, including managing build agents and automating build, test, and deployment processes
Understanding of security principles and best practices, including experience managing secrets and compliance frameworks
A self-starter and doer: give you a problem and you’ll go figure it out
Strong communicator who enjoys working with many different teams and adapting how you engage with each
Experience at a startup or scale-up where you wore many hats and built systems from scratch
Experience in a fast-paced environment such as trading or financial services
Interest in applying LLMs and AI to operations (no prior experience required; we’ll help you learn)
A front-row seat to a shift in the industry. Agent-driven development is changing how software is built, and you’ll help define how platform operations keep pace, using AI to do it.
Real ownership. You’ll be one of the key people in Chicago who understands how our build infrastructure runs end to end, with direct influence on its direction.
Global impact. Your work supports engineering, research, and trading teams across all of IMC’s offices.

Why You’ll Love This Role:
Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.
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.

Systems Engineer - Global Development Platform