Data Engineer

IMC is launching a new power and gas trading business in Århus, Denmark, the hub for power and gas trading in Europe. We are dedicated to creating a strong, independent, Århus-based team with local leadership while drawing on IMC's more than 30 years of global trading expertise. We are looking for experienced professionals in power and gas trading and technology to join the team.Your Core ResponsibilitiesAs a Data Engineer in our energy trading team, you will build and operate the data backbone that enables real-time trading and advanced analytics. You will play a key role in ensuring that our traders, quants, and researchers have access to high-quality, reliable, and scalable data. Your responsibilities will include:Designing, building, and managing real-time and historical data pipelines for energy trading use casesEnsuring data quality, availability, and reliability across trading platforms, exchanges, weather, and renewable production sourcesDesigning and maintaining scalable, distributed data infrastructureSupporting both trade enablement and advanced research/analytics for algorithmic tradingContributing to strong software engineering practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, and dev/prod environment managementWorking closely with traders, quants, and developers to define evolving data needs and enable new use casesThis is a greenfield role: you will join a small team of developers led by an experienced tech lead. Over the next 12 months, the focus will be on scalable ingestion, trade data persistence, and research support.Your Skills And ExperienceSolid Python skills, engineering non-trivial applications (beyond ad-hoc scripting)Knowledge of software engineering best practices (e.g. automated testing, CI/CD, dev/prod environments)Experience with non-trivial data use cases; streaming data experience is a strong plusSolid SQL skillsExposure to infrastructure, ideally deploying or maintaining applications on KubernetesFamiliarity with distributed compute frameworks (Spark, Dask, etc.), with understanding of scaling challengesBackground in energy, finance, or commodities is preferredExperience with Kafka, Docker, and big data technologiesStrong understanding of ETL, real-time data flows, and data architectureOpen about what you don’t know and eager to learn quicklyNot afraid of “dirty work” and proactive in automating repetitive tasksCollaborative, patient, and skilled at explaining technical concepts to non-technical colleaguesStrong problem-solving and communication skills About UsIMC 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.