At IMC, technology is not a department; it’s at the heart of everything we do. Developed in-house, our innovative software makes millions of trading decisions daily, and we win by making better and faster decisions than our competition. Our various Python Development teams create scalable business-critical applications, tools and automated tasks to equip IMC’s Amsterdam, London, Zug and Mumbai trading and business support teams.

Your Core Responsibilities

IMC uses a wide variety of technologies. Python is widely used across our tech stack, notably to make it more accessible to our traders, researchers and analysts. As a Python Software Engineer at IMC Amsterdam, you will take part in the development of high-performance trading systems, analytical tools, signals generation, backtesting frameworks, trade management UIs or regulatory surveillance & risk monitoring. Therefore your role will involve collaborating directly and closely with the business and other tech teams, from initially gathering requirements to short iteration cycles to refine the implementation, to integrate user feedback, to voice and implement your improvements and ideas.

All the software you’ll be building is for internal use only, there are no external clients/users and therefore no non-sense requests: the users of your work sit a few meters from you and you have control over the whole development cycle. Curiosity and interest into the trading and financial markets is a key success factor in this role, as you will be working directly on the business logic, in an environment where understanding the business context is primordial.

At IMC we believe in giving a lot of responsibilities quickly, you’ll be working on your goals with a high degree of independence, yet supported by a solid network of mentors, teammates and trading team highly motivated to make sure you are successful and share their passion for trading and technology. In this role, you might end up working on are a wide range of tasks - for example:

• Adding a new signal a trader came up with to our framework.
• Supporting a trading desk in building the data analytics and visualisation tools they need.
• Troubleshooting, debugging or deep diving into performance analysis.
• Teaching others how to use our tech in their own scripts.
• Building and distributing internal python libraries.
• Starting whole new full-stack projects from scratch.

Your Skills and Experience

• We care about 4+ years of working experience as a Software Engineer.
• Deep technical knowledge of Python, you understand its internal workings and know its strength and limitation. We use a range of Python libraries and frameworks (such as FastAPI (AsyncIO), APScheduler, Pandas, Polars, RQ, Pytest, Tensorflow, scipy, xgboost, scikit-learn, numpy, numba, celery).
• Experience with DevOps, databases, big data or frontend frameworks is a plus. (Some examples of tools we frequently work with: Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Gitlab CI, TypeScript, React, Redis, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Dremio, Apache Iceberg, HDFS, Kafka, Apache Arrow/Parquet).
• A critical mindset and the ability to challenge ideas and solutions, to not take things for granted, validate assumptions and dig into the details to find and cover all corner cases. You’re not afraid to ask questions and to speak up.
• Experience working with financial data is a must, ideally in the financial services industry. The nature of this role requires both affinity and experience to this type of data.

Our tech stack includes an ever-evolving range of systems and technologies, and our engineers have the freedom to choose the best solution for the problem at hand. If a new technology has the potential to add value, we’ll actively invest in exploring, adopting and developing it. 

We are Gelber Group -- Passion for Trading. Powered by Technology.

Gelber Coöperatief is a subsidiary of Gelber Group, LLC.  Headquartered in Chicago with offices across the United States and Europe, Gelber has set the bar as one of the industry’s most innovative and enduring proprietary trading firms for more than 40 years.  Our success derives from a relentless pursuit of new trading ideas and careful attention to technology.  

We have a culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, and collaboration. We empower each member of our team to have a meaningful impact from the start.  We employ a flat organizational structure and focus on meritocracy. 

As a Trader for Gelber Coöperatief in our Amsterdam office, you will have an opportunity to play a critical role as we expand our footprint throughout Europe.  You will be joining a successful trading desk with over a decade of experience in a variety of asset classes and a wide range of trading styles.  You will work side by side with a talented and experienced team to capitalize on the market and build out a growing trading desk.  This role is for someone who flourishes in a fast-paced environment, has a strong work ethic, a competitive attitude, and a proven record of profitability in a trading position for at least two years.

This position is located in Gelber’s Amsterdam office, executing proprietary trading strategies and conducting data analysis to improve performance.  

What you’ll do:

• Generate alpha using proprietary trading strategies
• Manage your own trading book with access to multiple exchanges and asset classes
• Share information regarding market developments across your trading team
• Conduct research to develop new alpha strategies to broaden the groups trading techniques
• An active participant in advancing the groups proprietary python libraries

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Finance, Engineering, Statistics or a related field
• Experience using Python (Pandas, NumPy), Excel and SQL
• Proven track record of profitability as a trader for at least one year
• Proficiency in numerical and statistical analysis concepts
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to learn, understand and apply new concepts quickly
• Proven self-starter
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are required and other languages are always welcome

Benefits Highlights

Gelber Amsterdam offers a wide range of benefits to full-time employees.  Our benefits offering includes:

• Health insurance reimbursement
• Pension
• Health club membership reimbursement
• Generous vacation time (25-day accrual in first full calendar year of employment; prorated accrual in initial year)
• Social events including team dinners and company parties
• Charitable giving and company matching opportunities
• Casual, relaxed dress code
• Located in a major Amsterdam business district with excellent transportation connections