Senior Quant Researcher: Options & Algo Lead

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 is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join the options quant team. You will lead projects and mentor juniors, contributing to the development of innovative trading models.

Core responsibilities include evaluating existing algorithms, identifying improvements to our trading system, rapidly researching and prototyping new ideas (preferably in Python), and ensuring production-grade implementations.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in a highly quantitative field.
• At least 5 years in financial services or a quantitative environment.
• Experience in project or people management.
• Strong programming skills, Python, Java or C++.
• Proven success in quantitative modelling and algorithm development.
• Experience with options pricing.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the trading and quantitative research team to evaluate existing algorithms.
• Combine knowledge of systems, mathematical techniques and trading to identify the best places to improve our trading system.
• Rapidly research, test, and prototype new algorithmic ideas, preferably with Python.
• See through the high-quality implementation of ideas to full-scale production trading.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Algorithm development

Leadership

Python/Java/C++

Education

MS or PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Python

Java

C++

Job description

IMC Trading is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join the options quant team. You will lead projects and mentor juniors, contributing to the development of innovative trading models.

Core responsibilities include evaluating existing algorithms, identifying improvements to our trading system, rapidly researching and prototyping new ideas (preferably in Python), and ensuring production-grade implementations.