HFT Quant Researcher: China Commodities & ML Edge

IMC; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC is seeking experienced quant researchers to develop high frequency delta one trading strategies and predictive models for the China Commodity Futures & Options market. You will perform large-scale data analysis to derive profitable predictions of market behavior and translate research into production trading systems.

Join a growing research team collaborating with traders, software and hardware engineers to push ML boundaries in trading, leverage edges across market access, and shape the

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in high-frequency alpha research for China Commodity Futures.
• Strong foundation in probability and statistics, and significant practical experience with at least one mainstream ML approach.
• Experience working with large, high-frequency trading datasets.
• Excellent programming skills in Python (preferred).
• Practical mindset with a focus on deployable, real-world edge.

Responsibilities

• Combine creativity and experience to rapidly generate high quality, testable alpha signals.
• Refine and leverage understanding of market microstructure and order book dynamics in China & global Commodity Futures to create powerful features.
• Apply statistical and machine learning techniques with robustness against overfitting.
• Collaborate closely with trading and engineering teams to translate research into production strategies.

Skills

Probability & Statistics

ML Techniques

Python

High-frequency data

Team collaboration

Tools

Python

Job description

IMC is seeking experienced quant researchers to develop high frequency delta one trading strategies and predictive models for the China Commodity Futures & Options market. You will perform large-scale data analysis to derive profitable predictions of market behavior and translate research into production trading systems.

Join a growing research team collaborating with traders, software and hardware engineers to push ML boundaries in trading, leverage edges across market access, and shape the