Data Engineer - Infrastructure
Chicago, ILJob$175–225K/yrPosted 3mo agoStill listed today
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Job overview
IMC is hiring a Data Engineer for its Infrastructure team to build and scale storage and data platforms supporting its high-frequency trading business. The hands-on role focuses on operating large-scale storage, tuning Linux systems, and automating infrastructure. The engineer will help keep the platform fast, reliable, and scalable while partnering with engineering teams on data solutions focused on storage and Kafka.
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Full job description
We are hiring an Engineer to join our Data Engineering Infrastructure team, where you will help build and scale the storage and data platforms that power our HFT business. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working close to the bare metal systems. Operating large-scale open-source storage, enterprise storage, tuning Linux systems for performance, automating infrastructure. As our data footprint grows, you will play a key part in keeping our infrastructure fast, reliable, and ready to scale.
Your Core Responsibilities:
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Design, deploy, and operate large-scale data storage infrastructure, including Hadoop, enterprise storage and S3-compatible platforms
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Tune Linux systems for I/O throughput and overall performance
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Automate configuration and deployment using Ansible, Puppet or other automation platform
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Build observability into the platform with Prometheus and related tooling
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Partner with engineering teams to deliver reliable, well-architected data solutions with a focus on Storage and Kafka
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Familiarity with Kubernetes
Your Skills & Experience:
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5+ years of experience in systems engineering with a strong focus on data storage
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Strong Linux fundamentals, debugging skills, including performance tuning for I/O throughput
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Hands-on experience with Ansible and Puppet for configuration management and automation
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Familiarity with open-source, S3 API compliant, and enterprise storage technologies
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Working knowledge of the Hadoop ecosystem, including YARN
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Experience in Java and Python
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Comfort working with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude in an enterprise setting
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Experience with Prometheus-based monitoring and alerting
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 6,058 open Data Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$175–225K/yr
- Illinois median$126–200K/yr167 salary ranges
- US median$125–208K/yr4,725 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $200K, is 27% above the Illinois median midpoint ($157K) — in the top quarter of Data Engineer salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 188 open Data Engineer jobs in Illinois and 6,058 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Data Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (5,300 postings).
- Education
- 2,358 of the 6,058 open Data Engineer jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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