Quant Developer
IMC – Where Technology drives Trading
Trading nowadays happens in a highly competitive technological landscape; the best trading idea alone does not cut it anymore. Instead, only the best trading ideas that are enabled via robust, scalable and fast technology win.
Do you enjoy the process of problem solving, a process where you recognize areas of improvement and iterate and innovate to improve? Does your curiosity and desire to learn drive you?
QUANT DEVELOPMENT AT IMC:
Quant Developers partner with Quantitative Researchers to create and implement research and simulation tools that leverage existing automated trading software and sophisticated statistical techniques and technologies.
Responsibilities
- Work with other members in our trading group to assist in constructing new research and simulation models while also investigating the models that are currently being used.
- Work with our technology team to integrate such models.
- Explore trading ideas by analyzing market data and market microstructure for patterns.
- Participate in the idea generation process.
- Collaborate and work directly with the traders and quantitative researchers on analyzing and developing new ideas/tools to analyze data for patterns.
WHO YOU ARE:
You have a passion for the financial markets, working with large amounts of data and are a strategic thinker. Must be organized and detail-oriented and have the ability to manage multiple work streams.
- Deep passion for technology, software development and mathematics
- Proficient in both C++ and Python(data analysis tools like Pandas)
- Bachelors, Masters or Phd in CS, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics; or equivalent experience
- Relevant experience in high performance computing and low latency execution or equivalent experience
OUR CULTURE:
We are at the core a trading firm, however we value trading and technology equally and we believe that cooperation between traders and technologists is one of our great strengths. This is also reflected in our organizational and remuneration policies. We believe in fostering a truly flat environment in which great ideas can be recognized as well as put into practice from anybody within our organization.
WHO WE ARE:
IMC is among the world’s leading technology-driven trading firms, and a market maker in securities listed on exchanges across the globe. Our cutting-edge technology drives everything we do. High performance algorithms, smart strategies and collaborative teams are the core of our business.
Today, IMC is 500+ people working together to build software and trade financial products in our offices in Amsterdam, Chicago and Sydney. What does this mean for you? The chance to join a multi-national, multi-cultural team of exceptional individuals, focused on making IMC the world’s best trading firm.