# Software Engineer - AI Tooling

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 IMC's software development lifecycle depends on, establishing a consistent technical foundation across regions and empowering teams to innovate efficiently. IMC 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 IMC’s 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 team’s broader priorities, and turn open-ended problems i

- **Id**: 3877999
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/imc-trading-software-engineer-ai-tooling>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T16:55:04Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T11:20:09Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4636
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

## Company

- **Id**: 54502
- **Name**: IMC Trading
- **Domain**: imc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/imc-trading>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 141
- **Ghost share**: 0.149
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 106
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 175000
- **Max**: 225000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 225000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T17:13:06Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 35 · green card filings: 16; Filings 12m: 35

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 106
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 225000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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