About this role
IMC Trading has a vacancy for the role of Quantitative Researcher - Options in Chicago, United States. The listing was posted on Feb 6, 2024. PakkiNaukri collects this listing from the employer's own posting and re-checks it — the employer's full description and the application itself are on the original listing, linked from this page.
From the employer's listing (short excerpt)
IMC Trading is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join the options quant team. You will join the team as a senior member with the expectation of leading projects and mentoring juniors. Skills and responsibilities listed below.
Your Core 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.
Mentor graduate quantitative researchers
Your Skills and Experience:
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++ preferred
Proven success in quantitative modelling and algorithm development
You have experience with options pricing
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