Quantitative Researcher, Markets Data & Analytics

Trading Interview; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid leave

Insurance

Job summary

IMC Trading in Chicago is seeking a highly analytical Quantitative Researcher to curate and analyze extensive trading data, including US equity, options, and alternative sources. You will build data pipelines, validate data quality, and collaborate with traders and engineers to translate research into production-grade models.

The role requires 3+ years in a quantitative or data-focused financial environment, strong Python and SQL skills, and familiarity with tick-level datasets and ML

Qualifications

• 3+ years in quantitative research or data-focused role within financial markets.
• Experience with diverse trading and financial data.
• Knowledge of options markets and options data.
• Experience with non-market data sources is a plus.
• Strong understanding of data vendor landscape.
• Proficient in Python.
• Experience with SQL and large datasets.
• Familiarity with real-time tick-level data processing.
• Knowledge of statistics and machine learning techniques.
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Curate, cleanse, and validate large volumes of market data, focusing on US equity and equity options.
• Integrate, preprocess, and evaluate fundamental & alternative data sources.
• Collaborate with data acquisition & global data team to assess data quality.
• Build and maintain robust data pipelines for research and live trading environments.
• Perform data analysis and statistical modeling to identify patterns and inefficiencies in the market.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of datasets used in quantitative modeling.
• Document research processes, data provenance, and results with high standards of clarity and reproducibility.
• Collaborate with software engineers and traders to translate research into production-grade models and tools.
• Conduct quantitative research and analysis to support and enhance trading strategies.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Machine learning

Data pipelines

Tick-level data

Options data

Data governance

Communication

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

IMC Trading in Chicago is seeking a highly analytical Quantitative Researcher to curate and analyze extensive trading data, including US equity, options, and alternative sources. You will build data pipelines, validate data quality, and collaborate with traders and engineers to translate research into production-grade models.

The role requires 3+ years in a quantitative or data-focused financial environment, strong Python and SQL skills, and familiarity with tick-level datasets and ML