Futures Quant Researcher - Data-Driven Alpha

Risk Hub; Chicago, New York (IL, NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid leave

Insurance

Job summary

IMC Trading is seeking experienced quantitative researchers to develop systematic futures trading strategies. You will join a well-resourced team combining IMC’s options expertise with systematic futures research, leveraging ML techniques and large data to forecast signals and enable execution.

You will help design and implement a robust research framework, enabling new ideas to be researched, tested, and put into production in a timely manner, working closely with developers and traders.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (MSc/PhD or equivalent).
• 5+ years of quantitative research experience, preferably in systematic trading, futures, HFT, or related environments.
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++, with comfort handling large datasets and real-time feeds.
• Solid background in statistics, modeling, time-series analysis, and ML-based approaches.
• Deep interest in market dynamics, microstructure, order flow, and volatility.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across traders, developers, and researchers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct alpha, signal, and feature research for intraday futures trading strategies from hypothesis to data analysis.
• Prototype, backtest, and evaluate new ideas using large-scale market data.
• Collaborate with developers and traders to deploy research into production in a robust pipeline.
• Monitor and refine strategies, assess performance, risk, and edge decay.
• Explore new data sources and signals to expand the research toolbox.
• Contribute to strategic direction of research tooling, data infrastructure, and methodology.

Skills

Quantitative research experience

Programming: Python and C++

Statistical modeling

Time-series analysis

Machine learning

Strong communication & collaboration

Education

MSc/PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

IMC Trading is seeking experienced quantitative researchers to develop systematic futures trading strategies. You will join a well-resourced team combining IMC’s options expertise with systematic futures research, leveraging ML techniques and large data to forecast signals and enable execution.

You will help design and implement a robust research framework, enabling new ideas to be researched, tested, and put into production in a timely manner, working closely with developers and traders.