IMC Trading
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IMC Trading tech stack

IMC Trading builds mostly with Python, C++, Java, SQL. Its stack also includes Kubernetes, Linux, PyTorch, TensorFlow. Python is named in 98 of the 177 job postings IMC Trading published in the last 12 months (55%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of IMC Trading, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
129
Postings analysed
177
Open now
121
Modernity
75 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does IMC Trading use?

Python is named in 55% of job postings at IMC Trading, followed by C++ (24%), Java (15%), SQL (8%).

Python 98 55% required in 86% · 72 open now · since Feb 2024
C++ 42 24% required in 90% · 29 open now · since Feb 2024
Java 27 15% required in 96% · 20 open now · since Feb 2024
SQL 15 8% required in 87% · 11 open now · since Jan 2025
SystemVerilog 9 5% required in 89% · 6 open now · since Feb 2026
MATLAB 9 5% required in 33% · 4 open now · since May 2026
VHDL 7 4% required in 86% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
Verilog 6 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
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Bash6
Rust3
Go2
Kotlin2
Scala2

What frameworks and libraries does IMC Trading use?

PyTorch is named in 7% of job postings at IMC Trading, followed by TensorFlow (6%), JAX (5%), Hadoop (2%).

PyTorch 12 7% required in 83% · 12 open now · since Apr 2025
TensorFlow 10 6% required in 90% · 10 open now · since Apr 2025
JAX 8 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Apr 2025
Hadoop 4 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Feb 2024
Pandas 4 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2025
NumPy 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2025
CUDA 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Apr 2025
Dagster 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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Polars2
Dask2
Flink2
MLIR2
UVM2
FastAI1
LightGBM1
LiteLLM1
Matplotlib1
Numba1
Ray1
SciPy1
Scikit-learn1
Statsmodels1
Triton1
XGBoost1
Apache TVM1
Cocotb1
Plotly1
Streamlit1
TensorFlow C++1
XLA1

What databases does IMC Trading use?

ClickHouse is named in 2% of job postings at IMC Trading, followed by Apache Iceberg (1%), PostgreSQL (1%), Delta Lake (1%).

ClickHouse 3 2% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Apache Iceberg 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2025
PostgreSQL 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2025
Delta Lake 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Presto 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Trino 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

What cloud and platforms does IMC Trading use?

Kubernetes is named in 16% of job postings at IMC Trading, followed by Linux (14%), Apache Kafka (5%), Grafana (3%).

Kubernetes 28 16% required in 61% · 20 open now · since Feb 2024
Linux 24 14% required in 67% · 17 open now · since Feb 2024
Apache Kafka 9 5% required in 78% · 6 open now · since Feb 2024
Grafana 5 3% required in 60% · 4 open now · since Jun 2025
Spark 5 3% required in 60% · 3 open now · since Feb 2024
AWS 4 2% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Nov 2025
GitLab CI 4 2% required in 25% · 3 open now · since Jul 2025
Windows 3 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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TeamCity3
Unix3
GitLab2
Amazon S32
Airflow1
Azure1
GCP1
GitHub1
Hugging Face1
Power BI1
Prefect1
QlikSense1
SIEM1
Tableau1

What developer tools does IMC Trading use?

Docker is named in 11% of job postings at IMC Trading, followed by Prometheus (3%), Microsoft Excel (2%), Puppet (2%).

Docker 19 11% required in 47% · 13 open now · since Feb 2024
Prometheus 6 3% required in 67% · 5 open now · since Jan 2025
Microsoft Excel 4 2% required in 75% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Puppet 4 2% required in 75% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
Ansible 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Git 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
Jenkins 3 2% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Bazel 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
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Model Context Protocol2
SLURM2
Alertmanager2
Claude Code2
Helm2
Canva1
Gradle1
InfiniBand1
Jupyter Notebook1
Maven1
Protobuf1
Synplify Pro1
Tcpdump1
Vitis1
Xilinx Vivado1
gRPC1
pySpark1
ArgoCD1
Cursor1
Kustomize1
OpenAI Codex1

What AI and ML technologies does IMC Trading use?

LLM is named in 2% of job postings at IMC Trading, followed by Claude (1%).

LLM 3 2% required in 33% · 2 open now · since Sep 2025
Claude 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026

Which engineering practices does IMC Trading ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 100% of job postings at IMC Trading, followed by CI/CD (7%), Time Series (5%), Reinforcement Learning (3%).

Machine Learning 177 100% required in 15% · 121 open now · since Feb 2024
CI/CD 12 7% required in 67% · 7 open now · since Feb 2025
Time Series 9 5% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Dec 2025
Reinforcement Learning 6 3% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Nov 2025
ETL/ELT 5 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
AI Agents 5 3% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Sep 2025
DeFi 4 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2024
Multimodal AI 4 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Nov 2025
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Self-Supervised Learning4
TCP/IP4
HPC3
BGP2
Configuration Management2
DNS2
Incident Management2
Platform Engineering2
Pre-training2
Quantization2
Agentic Workflows1
FinOps1
Human-in-the-Loop1
IAM1
OSPF1
VPN1
eBPF1
GitOps1
OCR1

What does each IMC Trading team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

31 postings
Java21
C++19
Python18
Kubernetes7
Docker5
Apache Kafka4

Data Science

19 postings
Python19
C++7
Pandas2
SQL2

Early Careers

19 postings
Python9
C++4
JAX3
PyTorch3
TensorFlow3
Java2

Finance

16 postings
Python6
SQL2

AI/ML

11 postings
Python9
JAX5
PyTorch5
TensorFlow5
C++2
CUDA2

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How much does IMC Trading pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all IMC Trading postings with stated pay: $225k across 52 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python29$225k0%
C++14$225k0%
PyTorch6$288k+28%
Kubernetes6$225k0%
SystemVerilog6$225k0%
Java6$213k−6%
TensorFlow5$300k+33%

How is the IMC Trading stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
Platform EngineeringOct 2026
TCP/IPSep 2026
KotlinSep 2026
GoAug 2026
JenkinsAug 2026
TeamCityAug 2026
BazelAug 2026
Claude CodeAug 2026
Rising
Kubernetes9% → 25%
Linux7% → 21%
Docker4% → 17%
AI Agents0% → 6%
CI/CD4% → 9%
Bash1% → 6%
TCP/IP0% → 5%
Grafana1% → 5%
Falling
C++33% → 14%
MATLAB10% → 1%
JAX7% → 1%
Reinforcement Learning6% → 0%
TensorFlow7% → 3%
Rust4% → 0%
Not named for 6 months
Pre-trainingFeb 2026

How modern is the IMC Trading stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 75/100

IMC Trading scores 75 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the IMC Trading stack in its industry?

Share of the 175 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python94%
C++64%
Kubernetes39%
Java37%
Linux59%
SQL65%
PyTorch20%
TensorFlow17%
Apache Kafka25%
MATLAB15%

Questions about the IMC Trading tech stack

What programming languages does IMC Trading use?

The languages named in IMC Trading job postings are Python (55%), C++ (24%), Java (15%), SQL (8%), SystemVerilog (5%), as a share of the 177 postings of the last 12 months.

Does IMC Trading use PyTorch?

Yes. PyTorch is named in 12 of 177 job postings (7%) and required in 10 of them.

What cloud and platforms does IMC Trading use?

The cloud and platforms named in IMC Trading job postings are Kubernetes (28), Linux (24), Apache Kafka (9) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at IMC Trading?

Backend postings at IMC Trading most often require Java (21), C++ (19), Python (18), Kubernetes (7), out of 31 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the IMC Trading tech stack changing?

Yes. Platform Engineering, TCP/IP, Kotlin, Go first appeared in IMC Trading job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the IMC Trading tech stack?

IMC Trading scores 75 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the IMC Trading tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting IMC Trading publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 177 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 11, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "IMC Trading tech stack: 129 technologies from 177 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/imc-trading/technologies

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