Trading Engineer - Strategy

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$175k–$225k

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Imc Trading Engineer - Strategy at Imc develops and maintains systems powering trading strategies, focusing on automation and reliability under pressure. The role involves real-time system monitoring, incident response, and collaboration with traders and developers.

Responsibilities

Be on the front lines of trading: Monitor system health and performance in real time, respond to market-driven incidents, and ensure our systems stay up and fast during trading hours. Dive deep into distributed architectures to identify root causes and prevent recurrences.
Engineer away the pain: Build tools and automations that eliminate manual processes, scale our reliability, and free time for innovation.
Collaborate across disciplines: Partner with traders, quants, and developers to deliver high-impact improvements to our trading stack.
Continuously improve: Challenge existing processes, propose creative solutions, and drive reliability and performance through engineering excellence.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Qualification

3+ years in site reliabilityFamiliarity with PrometheusA proactive

Required

3+ years in site reliability, systems engineering, or technical operations, ideally supporting high-performance or real-time systems
A software-development mindset applied to automating operational problems (Python required)
Hands-on experience managing production Linux and Kubernetes environments
Familiarity with Prometheus, SQL/MongoDB, InfluxDB, Kafka, or similar technologies
A proactive, problem-solving mindset. We are looking for someone who thrives under pressure and enjoys learning new systems quickly
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative spirit

Benefits

paid leave
insurance

Company

Imc

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