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# Java Software Developer at IMC

- **Company:** IMC
- **Location:** Mumbai, India
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-25
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/imc/jobs/4986187101

## Job description

At IMC, technology is at the core of everything we do. Our in-house software drives millions of trading decisions each day, helping us make faster and more effective decisions in highly competitive markets.

IMC’s Mumbai-based Strategy Development teams build a wide variety of applications, systems and tools. These include trading algorithm implementations, option pricing and volatility calculations, simulation frameworks, market risk applications, and trade analysis and visualisation tools for traders. Java is the primary language; we welcome strong engineers from other language backgrounds who are keen to pick it up.

Your Core Responsibilities:

You will work closely with traders, quantitative researchers and engineers in Mumbai and across IMC's global offices taking ownership of end-to-end high-impact product development - from requirements gathering through to production deployment and monitoring. You’ll deliver scalable, reliable, high-performance software using frequent iterations to shorten time-to-market, while constantly weighing trade-offs between latency, throughput, simplicity, scalability and maintainability. Key responsibilities include:

- Collaborate with traders and quantitative researchers to understand trading requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions.
- Design, build, test and deploy high-performance Java systems and applications.
- Take end-to-end ownership of projects, including requirements gathering, architecture, implementation, deployment, monitoring and production support.
- Write reliable, testable and maintainable software while making thoughtful trade-offs between latency, throughput, scalability, simplicity and speed to market.
- Collaborate with engineering teams across IMC and mentor junior engineers.

Your Skills and Experience:

- Strong academic background in Computer Science or a related field with 3-6 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer.
- Strong programming skills in a modern language such as Java, C++, Python or Kotlin. Java is our primary language and prior experience is a plus, but we're happy to hire strong engineers who are willing to learn it.
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals - algorithms, complexity analysis, data structures, garbage collection and concurrency
- Ability to work independently and take full ownership of the solutions you build and deliver.
- Natural problem-solver and team player; curious, adaptable and proactive in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English.
- Interest in financial markets / trading. Prior experience in trading or related industries is a plus but NOT required.

Tech stack

Our current stack for strategy development primarily includes Java 21+. We also use Python 3, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Avro, and more. We constantly evolve our technology stack and look for tools that best suit the problems at hand. If a new technology holds promise, we actively explore, adopt, and develop it.

## 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.

## About IMC

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: IMC is a global trading firm that uses cutting-edge technology, quantitative research, and advanced algorithms to provide liquidity across major asset classes and trading venues worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands (global headquarters); major offices in Chicago, Sydney, Mumbai, and other cities.
- **Founded**: 1989
- **Founders**: Two traders (names not publicly disclosed) who met on the floor of the Amsterdam Equity Options Exchange.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Proprietary Trading, Market Making, Financial Technology
- **Target customers**: Institutional clients, exchanges, ETF issuers, buy-side firms, and other market participants. **B2B** focus.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To be the world’s leading trading firm, supporting fair and transparent markets by providing significant liquidity and competitive pricing. [imc.com](https://www.imc.com/eu/who-we-are)

## Products & Services
- **ETF Market Making**: Acts as a Lead Market Maker (LMM) in more than 150 US exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
- **Options Wholesaling**: A top-3 liquidity provider by volume traded in listed options globally, with connectivity to all OCC venues.
- **Institutional Sales**: Provides off-screen trading for buy-side firms.
- **Crypto Solutions**: Offers global coverage of crypto products including spot, perps, futures, and options, both on- and off-chain.
- **Multi-Asset Class Trading**: Develops innovative technologies and algorithms to trade in all major asset classes on more than 120 venues globally.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Over 2,070 employees across 10 global offices as of 2025/2026. [imc.com](https://www.imc.com/eu/who-we-are)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Privately held; no external investors disclosed. Key partners include major global exchanges and clearing houses (e.g., OCC).
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Employee count grew from +1,900 to +2,070 in recent years.
    - Operates 9,000+ servers across 9 countries and processes petabytes of data daily.
    - Expanding into crypto and new asset classes.
    - Committed to being Net Zero by 2040.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Technology & Infrastructure**: A world-class technology backbone with 9,000+ servers, petabytes of data processing, and early adoption of AI/ML.
- **Longevity & Experience**: 36+ years of trading history and deep expertise across multiple asset classes.
- **Global Scale**: 24/7 liquidity provision across 120+ trading venues in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and India.
- **Talent Density**: A flat, non-hierarchical culture that attracts top quant researchers, engineers, and traders from 70+ nationalities.
- **Culture of Ownership**: Employees are given significant responsibility early on, with a focus on collaboration and cross-functional teamwork.

## Strategic Focus
- **Quantitative Research & Tech**: Continually investing in quant research, AI, machine learning, and large-scale computing to generate alpha.
- **Global Expansion**: Expanding across new markets and asset classes, including crypto.
- **Sustainability**: Committed to being Net Zero by 2040 and making a positive impact through the IMC Foundations, focusing on education.
- **Talent Development**: Investing heavily in graduate and intern training programs (Graduate Traineeship, Launchpad) to build the next generation of talent.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: High-performance, collaborative, and non-hierarchical. 87% of employees say "IMC is a great place to work" (+4% vs global top-10%). [imc.com](https://www.imc.com/us/who-we-are/our-culture-values)
- **Work Environment**: Office-based (no remote policy indicated). Offers free catered breakfast and lunch, snacks, drinks, and Friday socials. Regular team events including an annual weekend trip.
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive compensation with subsidized gym memberships, ergonomic desks, and health/well-being programs.
- **Learning & Development**: Extensive internal and external training programs. Graduates undergo a multi-week Graduate Traineeship (Trading School, Development School, FPGA School).
- **Diversity**: Employees represent 70+ nationalities, with a strong commitment to D&I.
- **Giving Back**: A share of profits is donated to non-profits, with a focus on education. Employees get volunteer time, donation matching, and grants.

## Sources
1. [IMC Homepage](https://www.imc.com/us/)
2. [IMC Careers Page](https://www.imc.com/us/careers)
3. [IMC Who We Are](https://www.imc.com/eu/who-we-are)
4. [IMC Culture & Values](https://www.imc.com/us/who-we-are/our-culture-values)
5. [IMC Recruitment Process](https://www.imc.com/us/careers/recruitment-process)

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