Real-Time Trading Engineer: Automation & Reliability

Risk Hub; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid leave

Insurance

Job summary

IMC Trading is seeking a hands-on Trading Engineer for our Strategy Development team in Chicago. You will own systems powering trading strategies, build automations to increase speed, and maintain operations under market pressure.

This role is ideal for someone with an SRE/operations background who wants close involvement in real-time trading where milliseconds matter. You will collaborate with traders, quants, and developers to drive reliability and performance, while continuously improving

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 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

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.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

Linux

Prometheus

SQL

MongoDB

Kafka

Real-time

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Prometheus

Kafka

Job description

IMC Trading is seeking a hands-on Trading Engineer for our Strategy Development team in Chicago. You will own systems powering trading strategies, build automations to increase speed, and maintain operations under market pressure.

This role is ideal for someone with an SRE/operations background who wants close involvement in real-time trading where milliseconds matter. You will collaborate with traders, quants, and developers to drive reliability and performance, while continuously improving