--- title: 'Software Engineer - Java at IMC' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-java-imc-mumbai-aszbzj4dbw0r' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-18' --- # Software Engineer - Java at IMC - **Company:** IMC - **Location:** Mumbai, India - **Posted:** 2026-09-16 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-18 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/imc/jobs/4976994101 ## Job description We are seeking a driven Java engineer to join our global research platform team in Mumbai. The team builds and operates the compute and data platform that powers all of IMC's quantitative research: a large-scale Kubernetes-based research cluster, a distributed job scheduling platform used by every trading and research team, and the market-data and dataset services that feed research on it. Mumbai runs one of the platform's regional production deployments, and you'll collaborate closely with platform colleagues in Amsterdam, Chicago and Sydney. Your Core Responsibilities: - Design, build and operate the Java backend of our distributed job scheduling platform: the job controller and state machine, scheduling integrations, resource and cost tracking, and the failure-recovery machinery that keeps research workloads running at scale - Develop gRPC/protobuf APIs consumed by Python, Java and C++ clients across the firm - Build event-driven services on Kafka for job lifecycle tracking, data lineage, and dataset orchestration - Work hands-on with Kubernetes at scale: pod scheduling, fair-share queueing, preemption and multi-cluster placement - Instrument, monitor and firefight production systems, and drive root-cause analysis of performance bottlenecks - Support and consult research users in the India office Your Skills and Experience: - 3+ years of professional Java development experience (Java 17+, Maven/Gradle, strong grasp of concurrency and JVM performance) - 2+ year of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker (building on the K8s API is a strong plus) - Comfortable developing in Python; our client libraries and research users are Python-first, and you'll work on both sides of the API - Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals: state machines, retries/idempotency, event-driven architectures, consistency trade-offs - Experience with workload scheduling or batch/compute orchestration systems (e.g. Kubernetes schedulers, Slurm, YARN, Kueue, Ray, Airflow) - Experience with messaging/streaming systems such as Kafka - Working knowledge of NoSQL and time-series/SQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, PostgreSQL) - Experience with gRPC/protobuf or similar RPC frameworks is a plus - Strong Linux fundamentals and scripting (bash, Python) - Experience with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, alerting) and comfort operating what you build - Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot across the stack from application code through Kubernetes to network and storage - Exposure to object storage (S3) or high-performance data formats (Parquet, Iceberg) ## 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. 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