Software Engineer AI Tooling
Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
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Job Summary
The Development Platform organization at IMC Trading is focused on accelerating tech team workflows by providing self-service tools services documentation and support. We design build and maintain the platforms that IMCs software development lifecycle depends on establishing a consistent technical foundation across regions and empowering teams to innovate is embedding agentic AI directly into the developer workflow for our production-critical systems. The Development Platform team operates the infrastructure that makes this possible: the environments where AI agents run the integrations that connect them to our systems and the safety and security controls that keep them reliable and auditable.
We are seeking a Software Engineer based in Chicago to build the software behind IMCs AI-powered engineering workflows. Your work will span agent harnesses developer workspaces context delivery and tooling that connects AI agents to internal services. This is a highly collaborative role with substantial ownership. You will engage directly with engineers to understand their needs connect those needs to the teams broader priorities and turn open-ended problems into practical solutions. You will help define what we build and carry it through design implementation delivery and ongoing will bring strong software engineering fundamentals and an eagerness to learn. Prior experience building AI tooling is welcome but not required
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Partner directly with engineering teams to understand their workflows clarify needs and shape solutions aligned with the teams broader priorities.
- Own software projects from problem definition and technical design through implementation rollout and ongoing improvement.
- Develop and extend the agent harnesses and workspace capabilities that bring AI coding tools into IMCs engineering workflows so engineers get a consistent high-quality experience wherever they work
- Improve how agent workflows access relevant context from internal systems working with stakeholders to define and evolve these capabilities.
- Develop shared tooling to make MCP servers easier to build and maintain including standardized authentication patterns reusable components and project templates.
- Contribute to in-house agents for IMC-specific workflows and to the evaluation and benchmarking tooling to measure quality
- Embed security reliability and observability into the software and integrations you build.
- Collaborate with global Development Platform colleagues to support adoption gather feedback and improve the developer experience.
Your Skills & Experience:
- 3 years of work experience in a relevant role.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Computer Science or equivalent.
- Strong programming experience in a high-level language; Python or Java preferred.
- Experience building developer-facing tools APIs or production systems.
- Understanding of security principles and best practices including authentication and authorization patterns and secrets management.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Curiosity and eagerness to learn about AI/LLM application patterns even if you havent worked closely with them yet; exposure to agentic AI tools and workflows such as coding agents or MCP servers is a plus.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with stakeholders to understand their needs and connect them to broader team priorities.
- Ability to take ownership of open-ended problems shape solutions and carry them through delivery in a fast collaborative environment.
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 visit Benefits - US IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.
Salary Range
$175000 - $225000 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.
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IC
About Company
0-50 employees
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 manag ... View more
