Data Infrastructure Engineer — Storage & Performance

IMC B.V.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC is seeking an Engineer to join our Data Engineering Infrastructure team, building and scaling storage and data platforms powering our HFT business. This is a hands-on role near bare metal systems, tuning Linux for performance, and automating infrastructure.

You will work with Hadoop, S3-compatible storage, Kafka, and Prometheus in a fast-paced trading environment, collaborating with engineering teams to deliver robust data solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems engineering experience focused on data storage.
• Strong Linux fundamentals and performance tuning for I/O throughput.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible and Puppet for configuration management.
• Familiarity with open-source, S3 API compatible, and enterprise storage tech.
• Working knowledge of the Hadoop ecosystem, including YARN.
• Experience in Java and Python.
• Comfort with AI-assisted development tools in an enterprise setting.
• Experience with Prometheus-based monitoring and alerting.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate large-scale data storage infrastructure.
• Tune Linux systems for I/O throughput and performance.
• Automate configuration and deployment using Ansible, Puppet or other automation platform.
• Build observability into the platform with Prometheus and related tooling.
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver reliable data solutions with a focus on Storage and Kafka.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.

Skills

5+ years experience

Linux performance tuning

Java and Python

Observability and monitoring

AI-assisted development tools

Troubleshooting and debugging

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Hadoop

YARN

S3-compatible storage

Prometheus

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

IMC is seeking an Engineer to join our Data Engineering Infrastructure team, building and scaling storage and data platforms powering our HFT business. This is a hands-on role near bare metal systems, tuning Linux for performance, and automating infrastructure.

You will work with Hadoop, S3-compatible storage, Kafka, and Prometheus in a fast-paced trading environment, collaborating with engineering teams to deliver robust data solutions.