Deep Learning Researcher for Quantitative Trading AI

IMC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid leave

Insurance

Job summary

IMC is a research-driven trading firm focused on quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering to shape how modern markets are traded. The Deep Learning Researcher will lead advanced DL efforts across data curation, model development, and scalable deployment to support trading strategies and risk management.

The role emphasizes research excellence, collaboration with traders and engineers, and staying ahead of academic and industry advances in foundation models, multimodal learning,

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's in CS, ML, AI, or related quantitative field.
• 3+ years of deep learning research and large-scale ML system development.
• Expertise in transformers, representation learning, self-supervised learning, and generative models.
• Strong foundations in optimization and training dynamics.
• Experience with distributed training and large-scale pretraining.
• Proficient in Python and PyTorch/JAX/TensorFlow.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve deep learning models to enhance trading performance across asset classes.
• Innovate in representation learning, transformers, foundation models, generative AI, RL, and emerging DL techniques.
• Research, prototype, and evaluate novel neural architectures for market state prediction, signals, execution, and portfolio construction.
• Support large-scale data curation, feature representation, self-supervised learning, and multimodal data.
• Partner with quantitative traders, researchers, and engineers to translate insights into scalable DL solutions.
• Stay at the frontier of DL and share research with the team.

Skills

Deep learning

Transformers

Self-supervised learning

Representation learning

Distributed training

Python

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Model deployment

Research leadership

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Master's in ML or related field

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Keras

MLflow

Job description

IMC is a research-driven trading firm focused on quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering to shape how modern markets are traded. The Deep Learning Researcher will lead advanced DL efforts across data curation, model development, and scalable deployment to support trading strategies and risk management.

The role emphasizes research excellence, collaboration with traders and engineers, and staying ahead of academic and industry advances in foundation models, multimodal learning,