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Data Engineer

Chicago, United States
Salary
$175,000 - $225,000
Level
Senior

Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.

Open. First seen 2 October 2026.

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About the role

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Data Engineer to join our Chicago team. The ideal candidate is energized by working in a cutting-edge environment that enables IMC to continue to be at the forefront of the evolving global financial markets.

Your Core Responsibilities:

  • Architect, develop and deploy our Big Data environment (Kafka, Hadoop, Dremio, etc.)
  • Build, deploy, and monitor our data processing pipelines (Java, Python, Spark, Flink)
  • Collaborate with development teams on data modeling, data ingestion, and capacity planning
  • Work with users to ensure data integrity and availability
  • Act as a Big Data SME and consult on a variety of data-related questions from users and developers

Your Skills and Experience:

  • 5+ years experience working in a mature data engineering environment
  • 3+ years of experience building Kafka streaming applications and/or maintaining Kafka clusters
  • 2+ years of experience building applications/pipelines with Big Data backends (S3, HDFS, Databricks, Iceberg, etc)
  • Experience with Apache Spark, Apache Flink or similar tools
  • Strong Java, Python, and SQL development skills
  • Experience with common data-science toolkits, especially python-based
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker
  • Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus/Grafana, Alert Manager, Alerta and OpsGenie
  • Strong statistical analysis skills
  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and conduct root-cause analysis
  • Unix scripting experience (bash, python, etc.)

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$175,000—$225,000 USD

IMC's standard text

About Us

IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets.

Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Databricks · Flink · Grafana · Hadoop · Kafka · Prometheus · Unix

Rare in IMC's other 74 open postings.

Standard for data engineering roles

SQL · Spark

Common in data engineering postings at any company.

In most of IMC's ads

Machine Learning · Python

Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.

75% of this description is written for the role. The rest is IMC's standard text, folded away below.

Read against IMC's other open postings on this site.

The team: Systems & Infrastructure HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 17 open in Systems & Infrastructure. 5 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in January: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Machine Learning (17 of 17), Linux (14 of 17), Python (14 of 17), Kubernetes (12 of 17), Bash (10 of 17), Prometheus (7 of 17), Docker (5 of 17)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on IMC's own job board.

Salary context

66 other open postings titled Data Engineer state a salary: median USD 129,000 to USD 180,000 a year.

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