Software Engineer - Risk Technology
Chicago, ILFull-time$175–225K/yrPosted 3mo agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Software Engineer will build technology and analytical frameworks to help IMC understand, measure, and optimize risk across its trading businesses. Working with Risk Managers and engineers, the role develops systems for analyzing exposures, scenarios, capital, liquidity, and other risk factors. It offers autonomy to improve platforms, create tools, and advance the effectiveness of the risk organization.
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Full job description
We are seeking a Software Engineer to help build the technology and analytical frameworks used to understand, measure, and optimize risk across the firm's trading businesses.
Working directly with Risk Managers and software engineers globally, you will develop systems that help the firm analyze exposures, scenarios, capital, liquidity, and other risk factors across all asset classes. You will have significant autonomy to improve existing platforms, build new tools, and pursue opportunities that make the risk organization more effective.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining software engineering, data science, and financial markets to solve complex, high-impact problems.
Your Core Responsibilities:
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Design and build analytical tools that help Risk Managers understand portfolio exposures, stress scenarios, capital usage, and emerging risks
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Build high-end dashboards and visualization tools for stakeholders globally.
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Work with large data sets, data pipelines that support storage, retrieval, and analysis across the risk organization.
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Partner directly with Risk Managers to identify opportunities and rapidly translate ideas into production systems while collaborating within the firm's global risk development organization.
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Collaborate with engineering, trading, quantitative research, operations, and data teams across the firm
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Take ownership of projects from concept through production deployment
Your Skills and Experience:
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3–5+ years of professional software engineering experience
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Strong development skills in Java and/or Python
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Experience building and supporting production systems
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Interest in financial markets, risk management, data science, and quantitative analysis
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
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Self-starter with a high degree of ownership and initiative
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Distributed systems and service-oriented architectures
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Kubernetes and containerized applications
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React and modern web development
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PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and analytical databases
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Parquet, Hadoop, and large-scale data platforms
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Data pipelines, ETL frameworks, and APIs
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
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 41,631 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$175–225K/yr
- Illinois median$118–199K/yr665 salary ranges
- US median$135–217K/yr33,223 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $200K, is 28% above the Illinois median midpoint ($156K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 790 open Software Engineer jobs in Illinois and 41,631 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (33,828 postings).
- Education
- 14,293 of the 41,631 open Software Engineer jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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