<p class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2">IMC has a strong presence in traditional Finance and has been expanding into Crypto and DeFi over the last years. Through its overseas affiliates, IMC provides liquidity and trade<span class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0">s</span> on many cryptocurrency exchanges and DeFi protocols.<br>As a C++ Software Engineer, you‘ll be joining and shaping the future of our core engineering team. You will design, code, test, and optimize our proprietary, low-latency trading system. The right candidate for this role will be comfortable working autonomously, making decisions, and working in a fast-paced, flat team structure.<br><br><strong class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0">Your Core Responsibilities:<br></strong></p> <ul> <li class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2">Collaborate on developing our highly competitive, ultra-low-latency trading platform consisting of market data delivery and order submission subsystems</li> <li>Design and implement state-of-the-art, industry-leading trade execution and connectivity solutions</li> <li>You will be part of our algorithmic trading strategies team that is responsible for all automated trading algorithms so that your experience and knowledge will have direct impact on our production</li> <li>Improve the system performance by optimizing network access, hardware utilization, and programming execution</li> <li>Stay on top of updates to exchange protocols</li> </ul> <p class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2"><strong class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0">Your Skills and Experience: </strong></p> <ul> <li>You have a Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or a related field</li> <li>You have excellent programming skills using C++ in a Linux (or Unix-like) environment</li> <li>You possess the ability and desire to write simple, well-structured and clean code that is easy to maintain</li> <li>You have in-depth knowledge of low-level network and system programming and have ideally experience in developing low-latency systems</li> <li>You have a solid grasp of computer science, algorithms, memory-, and concurrency models, CPU-architecture, operating systems, networks, and performance optimization</li> <li>Experience in statistics, large-scale data processing systems, machine learning and/or grid-based computing is a big plus</li> <li>No finance background is necessary or expected</li> </ul> <p class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2"><strong class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0">Location and Office Culture</strong></p> <ul> <li class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2">IMC office in Zug, Switzerland</li> <li class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2">Note that this is an onsite role, with some but limited flexibility for working from home</li> <li class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2">You can expect a dynamic, fast-paced environment that delivers a steady stream of challenges and opportunities</li> <li class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2">One of the most exciting aspects of the job is our quick feedback loop in the research, development and deployment of strategies</li> <li class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2">We give people lots of responsibility and the support they need to make an impact from day one</li> <li class="_13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2 _13fp8yk6c dzswju0 dzswju2">We promise you a flat structure and an open, collaborative culture that stimulates the sharing of ideas, knowledge and technology between our teams and offices</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>About Us</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p> </p></div>