IMC Trading Australia
Graduate Site Reliability Engineer (Rolling Intake)
Sydney
Opportunity expired
Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 200000 / Year
- Competitive Salary
- 1 vacancy
- Apply by 18 Aug 2024
- Start date Ongoing
At IMC, our Systems 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.
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Start with a three-week international traineeship in one of our global offices, becoming familiar with the different areas of our business while being trained by the world’s best engineers and traders.
- Focus on enhancing your knowledge and ability to operate a wide range of tools using a combination of in-house courses and trading simulations designed by experienced Traders and Engineers.
- Understand how trading systems work, so you can support IMC’s day-to-day trading activities.
- Learn how 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.
- Have continuous opportunities to learn new technologies and programming languages in our dynamic environment.
- Develop, maintain and improve the management of hardware and software systems at scale.
- Be supported by a mentor specifically chosen to work with you and guide you through each step of your traineeship and onboarding process.
- Assume real responsibility from day one and make decisions that directly impact company profits.
Your Skills and Experience:
- An academic background in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or a related field of study with a minimum Distinction average, or equivalent.
- Experience working with Linux operating systems.
- Interest in deploying, running and monitoring applications. Knowledge of Docker or other DevOps tools is a plus.
- Experience with Python and/or Bash scripting.
- DevOps focused mindset with a comprehensive view of technology environments.
- Broad experience across Mongo, MySQL, Java, networking, and Puppet is beneficial but not a prerequisite.
- Willingness to interact and work closely with Traders and Engineers in a fast-paced and constantly-changing environment.
About Us
IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we’ve been a stabilizing force in the financial markets – providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Associate Degree or higher
Reviews
I work on a project to simplify some parts of the trading system. I start the day with looking at emails and a standup meeting. Then, I review other people's code or start brainstorming/designing/coding myself. Sometimes there are urgent bug fixes that need to be done, so that would be prioritised over my other to-dos.
The role is extremely autonomous and requires a large amount of personal ambition to push forward - which is good for someone with drive and creativity. Daily roles include creating new strategies and improving current production environments
Operate and delegate tasks to others to ensure systems are healthy and running correctly Troubleshoot and collaborate with others on problems that may arise Provide detailed analysis of the systems I operate Roll out new features and take responsibility for them.
About the employer
IMC Trading Australia
4.5
500 - 1,000 employees
Trading
IMC fuse cutting-edge technology, creative freedom, and quick iteration to empower the world’s most intelligent people in technology-driven trading.
Pros and cons of working at IMC Trading Australia
Pros
The people are great! It's a super collaborative environment which makes it perfect for learning as a grad. Most people aren't from Sydney which also means it's easy to make friends.
There is an awesome culture, everyone is super supportive, they give you a lot of responsibility and trust straight away.
Interesting domain, intelligent people, great perks (breakfast, lunch, dinner, multiple excursions etc.)
IMC provides many employee benefits and care about the well-being of their employees. The culture at IMC is also very different from the usual HFT firms. There are also a lot of opportunities to collaborate with other offices in various challenging projects. IMC gives a lot of support to charity foundations which help tackle different world problems such as education, primary needs and health care.
Responsibility is given to employees as they start out - it's a great way to prove your talent. Grads are often recognised for their contributions. Hard work, clever thinking and collaboration are at the centre of the culture The work is intellectually stimulating and challenging - there is never a boring day at work.
Cons
Can be stressful at times, but comes with the job.
Trading can introduce stress sometimes. But that's the nature of trading.
We have abundant of food, which more often than not gets thrown away once they are expired.
Slightly flat hierarchy makes it difficult to ascertain certain career pathways.
Sometimes leftover overnight food is thrown away.