Performance Engineer

IMC is looking for a highly skilled software engineer to join our Performance team in Chicago.  Performance Engineers at IMC collaborate with other teams, both technical and non-technical, to handle everything from optimizing exchange connectivity to analyzing application performance to designing systems for handling massive amounts of data.  If it’s a hard problem, it’s in scope.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Analyze, optimize, troubleshoot, and continuously tune the complete trading environment to improve the performance of our low-latency trading systems on financial exchanges.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy simple, elegant, reusable code.
• Work closely with traders and other technology teams to drive global thinking, information sharing, and sustainable, long-term solutions.
• Build IMC's knowledge base to ensure a deep understanding of exchange infrastructure and protocols.
• Define the direction for critical investment decisions by analyzing complex technical problems in a self-directed manner.

Your Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in at least one of the areas: distributed systems, computer networks, operating system architecture, ultra-low latency environments.
• Knowledge of Linux kernel internals and interfaces including memory, network, and file I/O. Knowledge of eBPF is a plus.
• Knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast).  Knowledge of kernel network bypass technologies is a plus.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• 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.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to see opportunities and to make them happen without supervision; a true self-starter.

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.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.