IMC Trading
Machine Learning Researcher
Chicago, United States; New York, United States · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$250k-$300kDetected 26 days ago
PythonMachine LearningDeep LearningTensorFlowPyTorchStatisticsResearchCommunicationProblem Solving
About the role
- IMC Trading is seeking quantitative researchers with a proven track record to apply state-of-the-art machine learning & deep learning to solve challenging trading problems.
- We firmly believe that success for research-driven efforts lies in bringing together skills in ML, statistics, and trading intuition as well as a problem-solving mindset and pragmatism.
- Since 1989, we've been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with quantitative traders, researchers, and developers to translate market insights into data-driven features and models
- Manage data acquisition, preprocessing, and feature engineering for structured and unstructured data sources
- From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.
Requirements
- proficiency in ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and/or high-performance libraries like Jax
Nice to have
- 2+ years of experience building applied ML models
- previous experience in trading environment preferred
Skills
- PhD or Master's in Engineering, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or related quantitative field
- Proven expertise in developing and deploying predictive models
- Strong programming skills in Python; proficiency in ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and/or high-performance libraries like Jax
- Strong understanding of theoretical foundations of state-of-the-art ML models
- Strong publication track record at ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, or equivalent
- Ability and desire to work in a collaborative team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Compensation
- $250,000 - $300,000 USD
- IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone.
- Since 1989, we've been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend.
- Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back.
- From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.
- The Base Salary range for the role is included below.
Benefits
- Design and deploy machine learning models to enhance trading performance across various asset classes
- Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.
Company info
- IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone.
- Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back.
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