HPC Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value assessment based on competitive salary potential, innovative environment, and the critical role of HPC systems in trading and research.
- Competitive compensation for technical excellence in HPC roles
- Innovative environment focusing on HPC and ML
- Collaborative opportunities with leading researchers
Pros
- Work on cutting-edge HPC technologies with significant impact
- High growth potential in a vital computing role
- Opportunities to collaborate with diverse teams and experts
Cons
- Potentially high workloads depending on project requirements
- Complexity of HPC systems may pose challenges
- Demands thorough technical expertise and innovation
Who it's for
Senior to Mid-Level • On-site
Good fit
- Experienced HPC Engineers
- Technical professionals driven by innovation in computing
- Those interested in a high-impact role in finance
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without HPC experience
- Professionals averse to intensive technical duties
- Individuals preferring independent work
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
At IMC, we harness cutting-edge technology to power world-class trading and research. We’re looking for a HPC Systems Engineer to design, implement, and optimise our global high-performance computing infrastructure. This role will shape the future of our compute platforms, driving innovation, scalability, and efficiency across our research and trading environments.
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Architect, deploy, and optimise HPC systems for large-scale computing and ML workloads
- Evaluate and integrate emerging hardware and software to enhance performance and scalability
- Define and enforce HPC architectural standards and best practices across global teams
- Implement performance monitoring and analytics tools to drive continuous optimisation
- Ensure compliance with internal security and regulatory standards across all systems
- Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and traders to translate computational needs into scalable solutions
Your Skills and Experience
- Extensive experience in HPC engineering, system design, or a similar role within a large-scale compute environment
- Deep expertise in HPC system design, performance optimisation, and parallel computing
- Strong programming background is advantageous, with experience in Python preferable.
- Experience with storage and job management systems (e.g., Kubernetes, Vast, DDN)
- Familiarity with high-performance processors, GPUs, and large-scale networking technologies
- Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks and their integration within HPC systems
- Excellent communicator with proven ability to influence and align global technical teams
About Us
IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.
