C++ Software Engineer

Imc; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC, a Sydney-based trading firm, is seeking a Software Engineer to create high-performance, latency-sensitive software that sits in the core of our technology stack. We develop in-house and touch every part of our business from market connectivity to data handling and trading algorithms.

You'll collaborate with Traders, Researchers, and Quants to deliver end-to-end solutions, balancing speed to production with quality and testability.

Qualifications

• Strong programming in C++ with latest standards.
• Experience gathering business requirements and stakeholder communication.
• Ability to own end-to-end applications and deliver under uncertainty.
• Good troubleshooting and proactive problem solving.
• Familiarity with Python is a plus; curiosity to learn.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coding, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining applications and automations for Trading Teams and Hardware Development.
• Gathering internal stakeholder feedback to implement automation solutions with innovative coding practices.

Skills

C++

Linux

Requirements gathering

Ownership

Adaptability

Troubleshooting

Python

Learning mindset

Curiosity

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

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. IMC’s Sydney based C++ Execution development teams work on software that sits directly in the latency‑critical loop of our technology stack and touches every part of our organisation. From ensuring our connectivity to the market and handling massive amounts of data, to implementing complex trading algorithms and integrating advanced hardware solutions.

Your Core Responsibilities:

As a Software Engineer, you’ll work in multidisciplinary teams alongside other engineers as well as Traders, Researchers, and Quants to deliver challenging projects, while taking ownership for end-to-end product development – from requirements gathering to production. You’ll write reliable, high-performance software while balancing time to production with quality and testability. Advanced automated testing and daily deployments will allow you to achieve agile and incremental benefits. Within a complex landscape of varying systems and technologies, you’ll be constantly challenged to consider trade-offs between latency, throughput, simplicity, scalability and maintainability.

• Coding, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining applications and automations for Trading Teams and/or Hardware Development and Execution Teams.
• Working through internal client requests. Gathering details, requirements and feedback from a range of internal stakeholders in order to implement creative automation solutions using innovative coding practices.

Your Skills and Experience:

• Strong programming skills in C++. Experience in latest versions of C++ highly desirable
• Comfortable in Linux environments
• Experience gathering business requirements, communicating with key stakeholders and delivering solutions quickly
• The ability to work on greenfield projects under minimal supervision and to take full ownership of the applications you build
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability: willing and able to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity in a rapidly evolving environment
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills; ability to solve problems creatively and proactively
• Prior knowledge of trading / capital markets is not required. Curiosity and a willingness to learn is.
• Familiarity with Python – preferred
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes

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.