APAC High-Frequency Quant Researcher - Alpha Signals & ML

IMC; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC is seeking experienced quant researchers to develop high frequency delta one trading strategies and predictive models for the APAC markets. You will join an established research team and collaborate with traders, software and hardware developers to push the boundaries of ML in trading and to improve execution across global markets.

You will perform large-scale data analysis to derive statistically profitable predictions of market behaviour, shaping research direction and tooling with

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in high-frequency equities or futures alpha research.
• Strong foundation in probability and statistics; practical experience with ML approaches.
• Experience working with large, high-frequency trading datasets.
• Excellent programming skills in at least one language (Python preferred).

Responsibilities

• Combine creativity and experience to rapidly generate high quality, testable alpha signals.
• Refine understanding of market microstructure to create powerful features.
• Apply statistical and machine learning techniques with discipline around robustness and overfitting.
• Collaborate with trading and engineering teams to translate research into production strategies.

Skills

Quant research

Python

ML methods

Statistics

Data analysis

Job description

IMC is seeking experienced quant researchers to develop high frequency delta one trading strategies and predictive models for the APAC markets. You will join an established research team and collaborate with traders, software and hardware developers to push the boundaries of ML in trading and to improve execution across global markets.

You will perform large-scale data analysis to derive statistically profitable predictions of market behaviour, shaping research direction and tooling with