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2 days ago
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Summary
IMC Trading is seeking a Backbone Network Engineer to join their global network team in Chicago, IL. The role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing the backbone infrastructure for global trading operations.
About the Role
As a Backbone Network Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing backbone infrastructure for high-speed, low-latency data transmission. Your daily tasks will include deploying and configuring high-performance routing and optical hardware, engineering low-latency routing paths, troubleshooting network issues, and collaborating with various teams to integrate network changes seamlessly into production.
About You
Required:
- 5+ years of experience in network engineering, focusing on backbone or large-scale infrastructure.
- Deep knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, PIM, Segment Routing) and traffic engineering.
- Expertise with routers, switches, and optical networking technologies (DWDM/ONS).
- Strong troubleshooting skills across LAN, unicast/multicast routing, and packet-level analysis.
- Experience with network automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Ansible).
- Proven ability to solve complex problems quickly and effectively.
- Strong communication skills for cross-team collaboration.
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations during trading hours and critical events.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of $175k–$240k.
- Hybrid work environment with in-office presence expected 3-4 times per week.
IMC Trading
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, and Asia Pacific, 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.
Chicago, IL