Software Engineer - AI Tooling

IMC•Chicago, IL

1d•$175,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Development Platform organization at IMC Trading builds and maintains the tools, services, documentation, and support that accelerate engineering workflows. The team operates the infrastructure that enables agentic AI in production-critical systems, including AI agent environments, integrations with internal systems, and safety and security controls. The Software Engineer will build software for IMC’s AI-powered engineering workflows across agent harnesses, developer workspaces, context delivery, and tooling that connects AI agents to internal services. This collaborative role involves substantial ownership and direct engagement with engineers to understand needs, shape practical solutions, and carry work through design, implementation, delivery, rollout, and ongoing improvement. Prior experience building AI tooling is welcome but not required. The role is based in Chicago and involves collaborating with Development Platform colleagues globally to support adoption, gather feedback, and improve the developer experience. The position offers a base salary range of $175,000–$225,000 USD. Full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance.

Requirements

At least 3 years of work experience in a relevant role.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
Strong programming experience in a high-level language; Python or Java preferred.
Experience building developer-facing tools, APIs, or production systems.
Understanding of security principles and best practices, including authentication and authorization patterns and secrets management.
Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with stakeholders to understand needs and connect them to broader team priorities.
Ability to take ownership of open-ended problems, shape solutions, and carry them through delivery in a fast, collaborative environment.
Curiosity and eagerness to learn about AI/LLM application patterns.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to agentic AI tools and workflows, such as coding agents or MCP servers.
Prior experience building AI tooling.

Responsibilities

Partner with engineering teams to understand workflows, clarify needs, and shape solutions aligned with broader team priorities.
Own software projects from problem definition and technical design through implementation, rollout, and ongoing improvement.
Develop and extend agent harnesses and workspace capabilities to integrate AI coding tools into engineering workflows and provide a consistent, high-quality experience.
Improve how agent workflows access relevant context from internal systems, working with stakeholders to define and evolve these capabilities.
Develop shared tooling to make MCP servers easier to build and maintain, including standardized authentication patterns, reusable components, and project templates.
Contribute to in-house agents for IMC-specific workflows and to evaluation and benchmarking tooling used to measure quality.
Embed security, reliability, and observability into software and integrations.
Collaborate with global Development Platform colleagues to support adoption, gather feedback, and improve the developer experience.