IMC

Data Platform Operations Engineer - Performance

IMC$185K — $225K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering focused on operations
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar field preferred
  • Proficient in Python, with experience in PySpark and Pandas
  • Experience with production ETLs or data processing systems
  • Familiar with Git-based development workflows and CI/CD (GitLab preferred)
  • Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
  • Ability to take ownership in performance-critical environments

Responsibilities

  • Own and ensure the health of the Performance Team's data platform
  • Monitor and maintain ETLs and data pipelines for accuracy and stability
  • Design and execute data quality checks, reports, and alerts
  • Investigate and resolve data issues and pipeline failures
  • Troubleshoot GitLab CI/CD pipeline issues related to performance workflows
  • Monitor workloads to identify and resolve resource imbalances
  • Build and maintain operational tooling and documentation

Benefits

  • Discretionary bonus eligibility
  • Paid leave
  • Insurance options
Full Job Description
We are looking for a data-focused engineer with a strong operational focus to support the Performance Team's data platform at IMC. This role is responsible for the reliability, correctness, and performance of data systems that directly support performance analysis and decision-making.

The role is production-facing and works closely with the Performance team and aligned stakeholders to ensure data workflows are robust, observable, and efficient.

What you'll do:
  • Own the operational health of the Performance Team's data platform
  • Monitor and maintain ETLs and data pipelines for correctness, timeliness, and stability
  • Design and maintain data quality checks, reports, and alerting specific to performance data
  • Investigate and resolve data issues and pipeline failures, driving problems to root cause
  • Own and troubleshoot GitLab CI/CD pipeline issues related to performance data workflows
  • Monitor workloads and resource usage; identify and resolve imbalances and bottlenecks
  • Build and maintain operational tooling, automation, and runbooks
  • Continuously tune data pipelines and workloads to improve performance and resource efficiency

What you bring:
  • 3+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering with an operational or production focus
  • A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field is strongly preferred
  • Proficiency in Python, with hands-on experience using PySpark and Pandas
  • Experience supporting production ETL or data processing systems
  • Familiarity with Git-based development workflows and CI/CD systems (GitLab preferred)
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Comfortable taking ownership in a performance- and reliability-critical environment

Nice to Have
  • Experience working with performance-critical or high-throughput systems
  • Exposure to workload scheduling, resource management, or cluster-based compute

What Success Looks Like
  • Performance data pipelines are reliable, observable, and trusted
  • Issues are detected early and resolved quickly with clear root-cause ownership
  • Workloads are well-balanced and systems run efficiently


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

$185,000-$225,000 USD

About IMC

IMC Financial Markets, sometimes referred to as IMC Trading, is a proprietary trading firm and market maker for various financial instruments listed on exchanges throughout the world. Founded in 1989 as International Market makers Combination, the company employs over 1100 people and has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Hong Kong and Mumbai. IMC is a technology-driven trading firm active in over 100 trading venues throughout the world and offering liquidity to over 200,000 securities. IMC makes markets in the major exchange-traded instruments – equities, bonds, commodities, and currencies – on 100 exchanges worldwide and is a significant liquidity provider on the NYSE Arca, NASDAQ, CBOE, BATS, and CME exchanges.
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