IMC is continuing to grow its trading initiative in Aarhus, Denmark, to become a major player in the European Power and Gas markets. This expansion is built on a strong foundation of experienced external hires in Trading and internal talent in Technology. With a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture, the team offers a unique opportunity to contribute to shaping and scaling this new business.

The group combines deep expertise with broad trading experience and values innovation, ownership and cross-functional collaboration. As this business continues to grow, there will be increasing opportunities to take on broader responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to its success.

Core Responsibilities

• Generate and validate high-quality alpha signals using statistical methods and machine learning, with strong focus on robustness and overfitting
• Combine market microstructure and energy fundamentals to build predictive trading signals
• Build and maintain reliable, production-ready models with clear testing and validation standards

Skills and Experience

• 2+ years of experience developing quantitative models, ML-driven signals, or trading strategies in financial futures markets, preferably within energy
• Strong foundation in probability and statistics, with substantial real-world experience applying machine learning or deep learning
• Strong programming skills (Python preferred), with experience writing production-quality code
• Experience working with large-scale time series data
• Practical mindset focused on deployable solutions and real-world trading performance

IMC is building a new Power and Gas Trading business in Aarhus, Denmark, the hub for power and gas trading in Europe. Backed by one of the world’s most successful trading firms, this new venture combines the energy and autonomy of a startup with the global reach, stability, and expertise of IMC’s 30+ years in trading.

We are building a strong, independent Aarhus-based team with local leadership, supported by IMC’s world-class technology, quantitative research, and trading infrastructure. To achieve our ambitious hiring goals, we are seeking strong Software Engineers to join the team and play a pivotal role in helping us grow this new business.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Build, as part of a team, a full technology stack that supports power and gas trading, including exchange connectivity, trading systems, trading strategies, data analysis, and pricing. We are looking for strong developers that specialised in back-end, algorithms, trading systems, execution systems or other relevant domains
• Maintain and improve the tech stack in collaboration with trading
• Train new joiners

Your Skills and Experience:

• Strong academic background, preferably in computer science or a quantitative field
• 2+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• Experience European power and gas trading industry is a plus
• Strong programming skills in Java. Experience with other relevant programming languages such as Python or C++ is considered a plus
• Excitement for working in a start-up environment and a variety of systems/platforms/tools
• The ability able to work on greenfield projects under minimal supervision and to take full ownership of the applications you build
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability: willing and able to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity in a rapidly evolving environment
• Fluency in English

About the Role

IMC is building a new Power and Gas Trading business in Aarhus, Denmark, the hub for power and gas trading in Europe. Backed by one of the world’s most successful trading firms, this new venture combines the energy and autonomy of a startup with the global reach, stability, and expertise of IMC’s 30+ years in trading.

We are building a strong, independent Aarhus-based team with local leadership, supported by IMC’s world-class technology, quantitative research, and trading infrastructure. To achieve our ambitious hiring goals, we are seeking an experienced Recruiter to join the team and play a pivotal role in helping us grow this new business.

Your Core Responsibilities: 

As a Recruiter at IMC in Aarhus, you will play a key role in scaling our fast-growing Power and Gas Trading business by identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier talent across Trading, Quantitative Research, Technology and Operations. You will work closely with hiring managers and the broader HR team to drive a world-class candidate experience and contribute to building a premier team. Here’s what you will work on:

• Take full ownership of the end-to-end recruitment process for Trading, Quantitative Analyses, and Technology roles, as well as occasional Business Operations roles.
• Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to engage passive talent in the Power and Gas Trading ecosystem (including managing agency relationships).
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and shape the recruitment process to their needs.
• Participate in campus events when needed.
• Consult with and advise stakeholders on both strategic and tactical hiring needs, sharing insights on results and overall job market trends.
• Represent IMC’s culture and values throughout all candidate touchpoints.
• Maintain candidate pipelines, manage ATS administration and scheduling, and ensure a high-quality candidate experience.
• Bring creative ideas to the table and leverage the support and autonomy to make a real impact.

Your Skills and Experience: 

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience in recruiting for a Power and/or Gas Trading company is a plus
• Excellent sourcing and candidate engagement skills, particularly in competitive markets.
• Strong organizational and communication abilities.
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, data-driven environment.
• Exposure to international hiring practices and remote team dynamics is a plus.
• Experience optimizing ATS workflows and reporting functionality is an advantage (we use Greenhouse).

IMC is launching a new power and gas trading business in Aarhus, Denmark – the European hub for energy trading. We are building a strong, independent, Aarhus-based team with local leadership, backed by more than 30 years of IMC’s global trading expertise.

As a Graduate Software Engineer in Aarhus, you’ll have the unique opportunity to help build a brand-new technology stack that supports all aspects of energy trading – from exchange connectivity and pricing to trading algorithms and real-time data analysis. You’ll grow rapidly through our global graduate program while contributing from day one to this exciting new venture.

Your IMC Journey

In your first year, you will join a five-week Global Trainee Program alongside graduates from our offices in Europe, the US, and Asia-Pacific. Led by experienced engineers and traders, this immersive program will introduce you to the world of trading, financial markets, and production-grade software development. You’ll dive deep into software craftsmanship, programming, and the systems that power our trading operations.

Back in our Aarhus office, you’ll join the Energy Trading team — a highly collaborative environment where you’ll help design real-time systems, process large volumes of data, and solve complex engineering challenges that directly impact the markets.

At IMC, innovation is at our core. We continuously invest in R&D and adapt quickly to evolving markets. We also invest in you — offering extensive training, mentorship, and global exposure to help you grow fast in a high-impact environment.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance technology that supports energy trading
• Work on the full software development lifecycle, from idea to deployment
• Develop real-time pricing and trading systems, exchange connectivity, and analytics tools
• Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and other engineers
• Be part of a new local team in Aarhus and shape its growth and culture

What You’ll Bring

• You are in your final year of a Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related degree, and graduating in 2026
• Strong programming skills in C++/Java
• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• A genuine interest in financial markets (no prior knowledge required)
• Full professional fluency in English
• You’re excited by the opportunity to shape a new business and build innovative systems from the ground up

For more information on our technology interview process, please review our preparation guide here. 

Please note: 

IMC’s graduate traineeship includes international travel to the US. Due to current visa processing challenges, we are unable to proceed with applications from candidates who only hold citizenship from Russia, Belarus, Iran, or Ukraine.

If you are a dual passport holder of another nationality or a European citizen who wants to relocate back to Europe, you remain welcome to apply and should inform our campus recruitment team of your situation: CampusEU@imc.com.