Implement software features for trading systems, debug issues, maintain code quality, mentor junior developers, and collaborate with teams. Requires a Bachelor's in a related field and one year of experience.
Polar Operations LLC (dba IMC Markets) has multiple openings for Python Software Engineer (REQ#4461661101) in Chicago, IL and Brooklyn, NY.
Your Core Responsibilities
Partial telecommuting permitted. Multiple positions available. Requisition #: 4461661101
Your Skills and Experience
This position requires a Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer science, Computer Engineering, or a similarly quantitative and technical field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Must have at least one (1) year of experience in each of the following skill(s):
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Your Core 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%).
Partial telecommuting permitted. Multiple positions available. Requisition #: 4461661101
Your Skills and Experience
This position requires a Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer science, Computer Engineering, or a similarly quantitative and technical field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Must have at least one (1) year of experience in each of the following skill(s):
- Applying analytical and engineering techniques to solve complex problems programmatically;
- Programming with 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 with DevOps, databases, big data, or frontend frameworks;
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux environments;
- Experience working with financial data;
- Foundational knowledge of quantitative trading concepts and equity/index options;
- Exposure to web/API frameworks such as FastAPI and React;
- Experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines;
- Experience collaborating with trading desks and developing software for use in a quantitative trading environment;
- Experience with the following tools: Team City, JIRA ticket management, Gerrit code review tool, GitLab, uv, Gitlab CI, py-spy, memray, and Python Packaging; and
- Experience with the following libraries: Pandas, Polars, NumPy, Tensorflow, Scikit, scikit-learn, cvxpy, and Pytest.
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