IMC

Digital Assets

CoreDeveloperCeFi-DigitalAssets

Zug, Switzerland
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Core Developer CeFi - Digital Assets at IMC. Skills: C++, low-latency trading system, network programming. Collaborate on developing trading platform. Design and implement trade execution solutions”

What You'll Achieve.

direct impact on our production; make an impact from day one

Industry & Context.

Digital Assets
Problems you'll solve

making decisions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Master's or Ph. D. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or a related field, excellent programming skills using C++, Linux (or Unix-like) environment, ability and desire to write simple, well-structured and clean code, in-depth knowledge of low-level network and system programming, solid grasp of computer science, algorithms, memory-, and concurrency models, CPU-architecture, operating systems, networks, and performance optimization

Nice to Have

experience in developing low-latency systems, Experience in statistics, large-scale data processing systems, machine learning, grid-based computing

What You'll Do.

Collaborate on developing trading platform

Design and implement trade execution solutions

Improve system performance

Stay on top of exchange protocols

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

working autonomously; working in a fast-paced, flat team structure; open, collaborative culture; sharing of ideas, knowledge and technology

Full Job Description

IMC has a strong presence in traditional Finance and has been expanding into Crypto and DeFi over the last years. Through its overseas affiliates, IMC provides liquidity and trades on many cryptocurrency exchanges and DeFi protocols. As a C++ Software Engineer, you‘ll be joining and shaping the future of our core engineering team. You will design, code, test, and optimize our proprietary, low-latency trading system. The right candidate for this role will be comfortable working autonomously, making decisions, and working in a fast-paced, flat team structure. Your Core Responsibilities: Collaborate on developing our highly competitive, ultra-low-latency trading platform consisting of market data delivery and order submission subsystems Design and implement state-of-the-art, industry-leading trade execution and connectivity solutions You will be part of our algorithmic trading strategies team that is responsible for all automated trading algorithms so that your experience and knowledge will have direct impact on our production Improve the system performance by optimizing network access, hardware utilization, and programming execution Stay on top of updates to exchange protocols Your Skills and Experience: You have a Master’s or Ph. D. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or a related field You have excellent programming skills using C++ in a Linux (or Unix-like) environment You possess the ability and desire to write simple, well-structured and clean code that is easy to maintain You have in-depth knowledge of low-level network and system programming and have ideally experience in developing low-latency systems You have a solid grasp of computer science, algorithms, memory-, and concurrency models, CPU-architecture, operating systems, networks, and performance optimization Experience in statistics, large-scale data processing systems, machine learning and/or grid-based computing is a big plus No finance background is necessary or expected Location and Offic

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