Quantitative Researcher - Options

IMC•Chicago, IL

12d•$175,000 - $275,000

About The Position

IMC Trading is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join the options quant team. You will join the team as a senior member with the expectation of leading projects and mentoring juniors. Skills and responsibilities listed below. About Us IMC 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.

Requirements

Ms or PhD in a highly quantitative field
At least 5 years in financial services or a quantitative environment
Experience in project or people management
Strong programming skills, Python, Java or C++ preferred
Proven success in quantitative modelling and algorithm development
You have experience with options pricing

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the trading and quantitative research team to evaluate existing algorithms
Combine knowledge of systems, mathematical techniques and trading to identify the best places to improve our trading system
Rapidly research, test, and prototype new algorithmic ideas, preferably with Python.
See through the high-quality implementation of ideas to full-scale production trading.
Mentor graduate quantitative researchers