Graduate Site Reliability Engineer, 2027

At IMC, our Site Reliability Engineers are responsible for maintaining a robust, best-in-class, extremely low-latency Linux trading environment. Getting the right balance of speed and quality is crucial to what we do. Utilising and developing a wide range of tools, Systems Engineers look to automate all aspects of the platform.

As a Graduate Site Reliability Engineer at IMC, you will practice DevOps and implement SRE techniques to improve IMC’s operations. You will be part of highly motivated team, facing the daily challenge of managing a high-volume data flow in a complex environment distributed over low-latency infrastructure. In this role, you will be exposed to technical and trading challenges while ensuring high availability, stability and performance of the end-to-end environment.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Making sure we trade today and keep trading in the future. Oversee the operation and maintenance of our trading systems, guaranteeing continuity and stability in our production trading environment.

• Coordinate, prioritise, and plan changes to our trading software, facilitating quick time-to-market for new features and software updates.

• Develop, maintain and improve the management of hardware and software systems at scale.

• Develop automation tools to accelerate troubleshooting and improve operations.

• Facilitate essential core market connectivity and collaborate with exchanges on troubleshooting technical issues.

• Understand how trading systems work, so you can support IMC’s day-to-day trading activities.

• Leverage automation and CI/CD allow us to deploy hardware and software solutions rapidly and repeatably.

• Collaborate with traders and other engineers to bring our trading strategies and platform to the next level.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR:

• An academic background in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or a related field of study with a minimum Distinction average required; High Distinction preferred.

• In this graduate role, we look for aptitude, ability, and eagerness to learn across different technologies and job functions. Below are components of our tech stack where experience is beneficial, but not required. We expect you to learn and grow in these areas during your career at IMC.

• Experience working with Linux operating systems.

• Proficient and knowledge of Python or Java or another major programming language and/or Bash scripting.

• Interest in deploying, running and monitoring applications. Knowledge of Kubernetes or other DevOps tools is a plus.

• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, UDP, and related protocols.

• DevOps focused mindset with a comprehensive view of technology environments.

• Interested in a wide array of technologies, whether it is databases, networking, deployment or performance tuning.

• Operationally focused mindset across a variety of technology environments

• Willingness to interact and work closely with Traders and Engineers in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.

• Must be able to start graduate role in February 2027.

LIFE AT IMC:

Culture & Values

IMC offers an open, collaborative and low-hierarchy environment where our people are empowered to make an impact from day one. We invest heavily in learning and development to help our people grow quickly, with collaboration at the core of how we work. We also give back, donating 2% of annual profits to our Charitable Foundations and supporting employee-led volunteering initiatives.

Our values guide how we work: Dare to continuously innovate. Collaborate to succeed. Champion the best ideas. Take responsibility. Keep both feet on the ground. Build for our future.

We also offer a competitive salary package and a range of perks and benefits to ensure you are set up for success.

Perks & Benefits

• Have continuous opportunities to learn new technologies and programming languages in our dynamic environment.

• Be supported by a mentor specifically chosen to work with you and guide you through each step of your traineeship and onboarding process.

• 6-week traineeship for graduates in one of our global offices, with opportunities to travel and work overseas in one of our 9 offices across APAC, India, US, UK and Europe.

• Work from our spectacular new Sydney office in Circular Quay with sweeping harbour views that was recently named “World Building of the Year 2022”.

• In-house chef with daily breakfast, lunch and dinner provided, as well as an in-house barista for free coffee all day!

• Social events including Friday night drinks, annual weekend away, social clubs, and regular team events.

• Opportunities to give back with in-house charity days, paid volunteering leave and dollar-matched charity donations.

• Wellbeing allowance and complimentary workout sessions including Barry's bootcamp, Pilates and boxing.

Think you have what it takes? We’d love to hear from you. Apply now.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.