Network Engineer

IMC; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC, a research-driven trading firm, seeks a Network Engineer in Mumbai to design, implement, and support a high-performance, low-latency network infrastructure essential to trading venues. You will partner with Systems Engineers, internal teams, and external providers to evolve our WAN/LAN and security posture.

You will contribute to automation via Bash/Python, document architectures, and ensure uptime with on-call flexibility, including occasional work from datacenters abroad.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Network Engineer.
• Experience designing, implementing and supporting high-performance networks.
• Strong accuracy and willingness to go beyond standard concepts.
• Collaborative mindset with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication of technical topics.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support networking infrastructure with focus on low-latency networks.
• Monitor and maintain network health; apply adaptive and corrective measures.
• Contribute scripts and code for automation (Bash, Python).
• Document network components and procedures clearly.
• Manage IT security platforms (firewalls, VPNs, security policies).
• Flexibility to work outside regular hours and in datacenters abroad when needed.
• Liaise with vendors and exchanges to explore new technologies.

Skills

5+ years experience

Low-latency networking

Network design & implementation

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Job description

Join our forward-thinking team as a Network Engineer, where you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting high-performance, low-latency network infrastructure.
At IMC, the Trading Infrastructure team is responsible for the WAN, LANs, and all low-latency connectivity to trading venues. You will work closely with Systems Engineers, internal teams, and external partners to deliver best-in-class solutions that support our trading business and help evolve our infrastructure to meet the demands of a dynamic industry.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and support the networking infrastructure. Key areas include Low-latency networking, Unicast and Multicast routing, OSPF, BGP, PIM SM, as well as things like QoS, STP, NAT, protocol tuning, etc.
• Monitor, guard and analyze the proper functioning of our network infrastructure. Take adaptive, retentive and corrective measures and perform structural maintenance.
• Proactively improve our infrastructure by contributing scripts and code to our automation efforts (e.g. Bash, Python).
• Accurately create and maintain documentation detailing the implemented network components, as well as relevant procedures and other documentation.
• Responsibility for our IT security related platforms. Key areas include Palo Alto firewalls, VPNs, Security policies, etc.
• Work flexible hours. We are proud of the uptime of the trading environment, so every now and then you will be working outside of regular business hours to apply critical changes. This could be from your desk, your couch at home or also inside of one of our datacenters abroad.
• Liaise with external vendors, exchanges and providers to explore new technology solutions, implement new services or troubleshoot problems.

Your Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience as a Network Engineer, with a passion for all aspects of networking
• Proven ability to design, implement, and support high-performance networks
• Strong appetite for accuracy and willingness to go beyond standard textbook networking concepts
• Collaborative mindset with experience working closely across cross-functional teams
• Ability to motivate and encourage peers while maintaining a high technical standard
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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.