IMC Trading
Financial Services
MachineLearningResearchLead
“Machine Learning Research Lead at IMC Trading. Skills: Machine Learning, Statistics, trading intuition. Lead the design, development, and deployment of machine learning models. Research, test and prototype new algorithmic deploy advanced ML techniques”
What You'll Achieve.
enhance trading performance; market prediction; signal generation; portfolio optimization
Industry & Context.
problem-solving mindset
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years of experience building applied ML, PhD or Master’s in Engineering, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or related quantitative field, programming skills in proficiency in ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and/or high-performance libraries like Jax, understanding of theoretical foundations of state-of-the-art ML models
Nice to Have
previous experience in trading environment, Prior people management experience, developing and deploying predictive models in low-latency environments
What You'll Do.
and deployment of machine learning models
test and prototype new algorithmic deploy advanced ML techniques
Collaborate with quantitative traders
researchers and developers
Oversee data acquisition
and feature engineering
Mentor junior researchers
Drive strategic decisions on model architecture
experimentation pipelines
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working with other researchers, traders, and engineers; Collaborate with quantitative traders, researchers and developers; work in a collaborative team environment
Communication Scope
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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