C++ Software Engineer

IMC•Chicago, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer science, Computer Engineering, or a similarly quantitative and technical field
One (1) year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation
Applying analytical and engineering techniques to solve complex problems programmatically
Programming with modern C++ in a low-latency environment
Developing and implementing algorithms and data structures
Software development lifecycle and best practices
Designing and developing software applications in a collaborative, cross-functional environment
Software development for hardware platforms
Collaborating with trading desks and developing software for use in a quantitative trading environment
C++ standard library
Bazel
Team City
JIRA ticket management
Gerrit code review tool
Clang / GCC
GDB
MagicTrace/perf
Valgrind
Compiler Sanitizers
GMock/Gtest
Clang / GCC

Responsibilities

Implement software features and components for IMC's trading systems
Design software solutions independently and make architectural decisions
Debug and fix software issues in trading systems
Identify complex multi-component issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative solutions
Ensure code quality and system reliability through comprehensive automated testing
Contribute to the automated testing framework, own critical trading system components, and ensure reliability, performance, and scalability across regions
Participate in code reviews
Monitor system performance and trading operations
Collaborate with traders and other teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions
Participate in planning, estimate complexity of tasks, and help balance technical debt with feature development
Mentor and guide junior developers and interns, helping them understand IMC's systems and development practices