Site Reliability Engineer

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

IMC is a leading global market maker, using algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell securities on multiple trading venues worldwide. We provide liquidity to the financial markets, driving efficiencies for buyers and sellers.

Founded in 1989, we are an ambitious, innovative company and identified early on the importance technology would play in the fast-paced evolution of trading. This entrepreneurial spirit still drives us today and can be found in all of our offices around the world.

OUR TEAM

We now operate globally from offices in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. Our employees work closely together in multidisciplinary teams, making our success possible.

Technology - At IMC, technology is not a department, it is at the heart of everything we do. Our technologists push the limits of possibility, and then look beyond. In our fast-paced environment, short feedback loops mean projects worked on in the morning can enter production the next day.

Trading – Although our traders come from many backgrounds they all have one thing in common: they are at their best solving complex problems. Their insight into global events, market shifts and pricing ensure we are trading in the right place, at the right time.

Business Support - Around the world, IMC’s business support teams are essential for sustaining our success. In our dynamic environment, we have many exciting challenges and multidisciplinary opportunities to shape our operations and make a real impact.

OUR CULTURE

Our employees are our greatest asset so we give them lots of responsibility and the support they need to make a difference. Our flat structure fosters a culture of openness and collaboration, encouraging the sharing of ideas and knowledge. It makes no difference if you have been with us for three days or three years, the best idea wins.

While we work hard, we also have a lot of fun; whether solving complex challenges or in team building, leisure and sporting activities. IMC also enables its employees to contribute towards a better society through our foundation.

IMC is seeking an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join a team responsible for providing services to the growing internal developer community in IMC's offices across the globe.

This team is based in Chicago and responsible for administering and maintaining a wide array of services supporting the software development lifecycle at IMC. As IMC grows in headcount, so does the challenge to achieve target performance and uptime metrics as well as expanding to provide new tools to accelerate user productivity and support increasing business demands.

We are looking for an experienced SRE who will utilize their skillsets and knowledge to expand the abilities of the team and continuously improve the level of service delivered to end-users.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve the availability, scalability, and performance of our developer services infrastructure
• Manage source control systems, continuous integration systems, all-Flash network storage appliances, artifact storage and distribution systems, metrics, logging, and observability infrastructure and other systems, both on-premises hosted and utilizing cloud resources/services in AWS
• Onboard new Cloud SaaS offerings, working with other IMC teams to provide new functionality to IMC employees
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure that our systems meet their needs
• Identify and resolve production issues in a timely manner, debugging to identify, mitigate, and solve the root cause of the issue
• Participle in a 'follow the sun' support model with teammates in other regions to ensure 24/7 availability
• Continuously improve our system uptime through automation and monitoring
• Proactively identify bottlenecks in system performance and fix them
• Mentor and train junior teammates
• Collaborate with peer teams which support communications software suites (email, chat, JIRA, Confluence, Workday, etc) to enable workflow integrations for increased efficiency

Requirements:

• Experience with operating and improving web services
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Kubernetes and Docker
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and customer-interaction skills
• Strong programming experience in Python and shell scripting
• Prior experience with Terraform, Nginx, ELK, TeamCity, GitLab, Django, Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS is a plus but not required

OUR HIRING PROCESS

To set you up for success, you can find our hiring process including tips on applying and interviewing with us on our website. Now it’s up to you! Apply today to start an amazing journey with IMC.