IMC

Financial Services

QuantitativeResearcher

$250–300k Chicago, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Quantitative Researcher at IMC. Skills: Quantitative Research, Futures Trading, Machine Learning. Conduct alpha research. Prototype and backtest ideas”

What You'll Achieve.

maintain or improve profitability

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

hypothesis generation; data analysis; strategy evaluation; risk assessment; performance monitoring

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

experienced quantitative researchers

What You'll Do.

Conduct alpha research

Prototype and backtest ideas

Collaborate with developers

Implement research-to-production pipeline

Deploy validated ideas

Monitor and refine strategies

Explore new data sources

Define research strategic direction

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with developers, traders, and fellow researchers

Full Job Description

IMC is looking for experienced quantitative researchers to develop systematic futures trading strategies. Candidates will join a well-resourced effort combining IMC’s extensive options trading expertise with systematic strategies in the underlying futures market. Candidates will be responsible for performing large scale data analysis, utilizing modern machine learning techniques to derive forecasts that will be combined with IMC’s best-in-class technology platform for execution in futures markets. Once on board, candidates will join a growing team that will be essential to all aspects of IMC’s trading. They will contribute not only to signal generation but also work w/ developers in design and implementation of a robust research framework that allows for new ideas to be researched, tested, and put into production in a timely manner. Your Core Responsibilities: Conduct alpha / signal / feature research targeted at intraday futures trading strategies — from hypothesis generation through rigorous data analysis. Quickly prototype, backtest, and evaluate new trading ideas, using large-scale and high-frequency market data. Collaborate with developers, traders, and fellow researchers to design and implement a robust research-to-production pipeline. Once validated, see ideas through to full-scale deployment. Monitor and refine existing strategies, continuously evaluating performance, risk, and edge decay — and iterating to maintain or improve profitability. Explore and integrate new data sources, alternative data sets, and market microstructure signals to expand the research toolbox. Contribute to defining the strategic direction of research initiatives, including tooling, data infrastructure, and methodology improvements. Your Skills all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information. Salary Range $250,000—$300,000 USD About U

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