Network Engineer

IMC Trading; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid leave

Insurance

Job summary

IMC Trading is seeking experienced Network Engineers to design, implement, and support the North American networking environment in a hybrid Chicago office setting. The role focuses on low-latency networks, routing, and automation to support traders, developers, quants, and performance engineers.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of network engineering experience, strong troubleshooting across Ethernet, routing, and packet analysis, and hands-on scripting in Python or Ansible.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of dedicated network engineering experience.
• Exceptional troubleshooting capabilities across Ethernet LAN, unicast/multicast routing, switching, packet analysis.
• Experience with diverse network switching hardware platforms.
• Hands-on scripting/automation experience (Python, Ansible, etc.) strongly preferred.
• CCIE or CCNP certification is a plus.
• Experience in trading or financial services highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support the North American networking environment including low-latency networking, routing, and automation.
• Monitor network health using existing tools and contribute to next-generation monitoring solutions.
• Improve the environment through automation (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, AWX).
• Maintain documentation of IMC’s network architecture, configurations, and procedures.
• Collaborate with vendors, exchanges, and service providers to evaluate options and deploy services.

Skills

Network engineering

Troubleshooting

Automation

Scripting

Tools

Python

Ansible

AWX

Job description

IMC is seeking experienced Network Engineers who are passionate about building and operating cutting-edge, high-performance networks. You’ll work closely with traders, developers, quants, and performance engineers to design, implement, and support the infrastructure that powers our trading business.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support the North American networking environment. Core areas include low-latency networking, unicast and multicast routing, BGP, PIM-SM, performance tuning, gap analysis, and automation.
• Monitor and analyze network health using existing tools while contributing ideas and development toward next-generation monitoring solutions.
• Continuously improve the environment by contributing to automation efforts (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, AWX).
• Maintain precise documentation of IMC’s network architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with external vendors, exchanges, and service providers to evaluate technology options, deploy new services, and troubleshoot issues.

Requirements

• 8+ years of dedicated network engineering experience
• Exceptional troubleshooting capabilities across Ethernet LAN, unicast/multicast routing, switching, packet analysis
• Experience with diverse network switching hardware platforms
• Hands-on scripting/automation experience (Python, Ansible, etc.) strongly preferred
• CCIE or CCNP certification is a plus
• Experience in trading or financial services highly preferred

While this is a hybrid position, we expect an in-office presence in our Chicago office 3-4 times per week.

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$155,000—$225,000 USD

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.