Performance Engineer Intern - Summer 2027

IMC•Chicago, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Technology is at the heart of modern electronic trading. IMC is seeking highly driven interns to apply quantitative techniques and practical experimentation to the technology used by exchanges, connectivity providers, and our own systems. 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

Current university student graduating between September 2027 - July 2028 that is pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technology field.
Proficiency in at least one programming language is required.
Exceptional quantitative ability and analytical skills.
Highly motivated to compete—and win—in one of the world’s most competitive markets.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a desire to work cross-functionally across trading and engineering teams.
Interest in the Financial Markets; previous knowledge is NOT required
Must be able to start internship on June 7, 2027

Nice To Haves

Experience with statistical modeling, machine learning, or network technology is a plus.

Responsibilities

Perform quantitative research with large datasets to understand exchange technology.
Design novel strategies to optimize IMC’s liquidity taking and quoting strategies for exchange microstructure.
Develop AI agents, ETL pipelines and algorithms in Python to optimize IMC’s ultra-low-latency trading strategies.
Reverse-engineer and stress-test network and systems programming technologies in order to understand them better than the manufacturers.
Collaborate closely with Traders and with the Hardware and Software Engineers who will implement your ideas.