Software Engineer - Data

IMC•Chicago, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Polar Operations LLC (dba IMC Markets) has multiple openings for Software Engineer- Data (REQ#4461663101) in Chicago, IL and Brooklyn, NY. This role involves implementing software features and components for IMC's trading systems, designing software solutions, debugging and fixing issues, and ensuring code quality and system reliability through automated testing. The position also includes contributing to the automated testing framework, owning critical trading system components, monitoring system performance, collaborating with traders and other teams, participating in planning and estimation, and mentoring junior developers and interns.

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 Java, C/C++, or Python.
Developing and implementing algorithms and data structures.
Software development lifecycle and best practices.
Designing and developing software applications in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
Experience building Kafka streaming applications and maintaining Kafka clusters.
Experience building applications/pipelines with Big Data backends (such as S3, HDFS, Databricks, or Iceberg).
Experience with Apache Spark or Apache Flink.
Experience with common data-science toolkits.
Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus/Grafana, Alert Manager, Alerta and OpsGenie.
Unix scripting experience (such as bash or python).

Responsibilities

Implement software features and components for IMC's trading systems (25%).
Design software solutions independently and make architectural decisions (10%).
Debug and fix software issues in trading systems (5%).
Identify complex multi-component issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative solutions (5%).
Ensure code quality and system reliability through comprehensive automated testing (10%).
Contribute to the automated testing framework, own critical trading system components and ensure reliability, performance, and scalability across regions (5%).
Participate in code reviews (10%).
Monitor system performance and trading operations (5%).
Collaborate with traders and other teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions (10%).
Participate in planning, estimate complexity of tasks, and help balance technical debt with feature development (5%).
Mentor and guide junior developers and interns, helping them understand IMC's systems and development practices (10%).