Quantitative Trading Strategist - Equity Options
IMC is seeking experienced quantitative professionals to join our US Equity Options market-making business. As a leading liquidity provider in US equity options, IMC operates a large-scale systematic trading platform that spans thousands of underlyings. The platform integrates quantitative research, trading strategy development, and production engineering within a collaborative environment across trading, research, and development teams.
In this role, you will focus on enhancing the design, evaluation, and deployment of automated trading decisions in live markets. Your work will involve improving pricing quality, execution performance, and overall system robustness. Collaborating closely with traders, researchers, and engineers, you will contribute to scalable solutions that impact a broad universe of equity options products.
Key responsibilities include developing and refining quantitative models to improve pricing, execution, and risk management. You will analyze large-scale market and trading datasets to identify structural improvements, design and deploy strategy enhancements into production systems, and drive research from idea generation through backtesting, implementation, and real-time monitoring.
Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in quantitative research, systematic trading, or market microstructure-focused roles, with experience in exchange-traded products, ideally equity options. A strong understanding of market structure and trading system behavior is essential, along with demonstrated ability to conduct rigorous analysis on large, real-world datasets. Proficiency in Python is required, with C++ or similar languages preferred. A background in statistics, probability, time series analysis, or optimization is strongly preferred.
The base salary for this role is $250,000, with additional compensation components such as discretionary bonuses and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. IMC offers a collaborative, high-performance culture with opportunities for professional growth and development.