Front-office Data Software Engineer
IMC Financial Markets
At IMC, technology is not a department; it’s at the heart of everything we do. Developed in-house, our innovative software makes millions of trading decisions daily, and we win by making better and faster decisions than our competition. Our Amsterdam Data Services team supports an eclectic group of users with a wide variety of tools for ingress, storage, management and use of all the data generated by our trading. Data informs all of our trading decisions.
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Software engineering: create, maintain and support a suite of data services and libraries built in-house; we are constantly improving these and creating new ones where needed.
- User consultancy: educate all users of data at IMC, by organizing workshops and trainings and working together on projects directly with traders, quants and engineers.
- Operational excellence for data: ensure that our data systems are running smoothly so that all the data is ingested continuously, persisted reliably and used efficiently by all users.
Within a complex landscape of varying systems and technologies, you’ll be constantly challenged to consider trade-offs between latency, throughput, simplicity, scalability and maintainability.
Your Skills and Experience:
- > 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer or Data Engineer
- Strong Python software development skills
- Java/JVM development skills are considered a plus
- Experience with Docker is required. Experience with Kubernetes is considered a plus
- Experience with Kafka, Dremio and Spark are considered a plus
- A knack for troubleshooting
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- A proactive attitude and a strong drive to learn and develop yourself
About Us
IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we’ve been a stabilizing force in the financial markets – providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.