Quantitative Researcher - Options

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.

Your Core 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

Your Skills and Experience: 

• 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