IMC Trading

Machine Learning Research Lead

Reposted 6 Hours Ago

2 Locations

Hybrid

250K-300K Annually

Mid level

Fintech • Machine Learning • Software • Financial Services

IMC is a proprietary trading firm powered by research and technology.

The Role

Lead development and deployment of ML models for trading drive research and prototyping oversee data and feature engineering mentor researchers and build scalable ML research infrastructure.

Summary Generated by Built In

IMC Trading is seeking a Machine Learning Research Lead with proven experience applying state-of-the-art machine learning to solve challenging trading problems. This role will drive the development of a centralized ML environment to be used across all areas of trading at IMC. The ideal candidate will have experience working with other researchers traders and engineers to build and continuously improve a research platform to drive innovation via ML. 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. This is an opportunity to dive deep into feature engineering and focus on applying a wide range of ML models as well as to perform research on building custom models.
Your Core Responsibilities:

Lead the design development and deployment of machine learning models to enhance trading performance across various asset classes
Research test and prototype new algorithmic ideas; deploy advanced ML techniques applicable to market prediction signal generation and portfolio optimization
Collaborate with quantitative traders researchers and developers to translate market insights into data-driven features and models
Oversee data acquisition preprocessing and feature engineering for structured and unstructured data sources
Mentor junior researchers and contribute to a culture of research excellence and experimentation
Drive strategic decisions on model architecture experimentation pipelines and infrastructure for scalable research

Your Skills and Experience:

PhD or Master's in Engineering Math Statistics Computer Science or related quantitative field
4+ years of experience building applied ML models; previous experience in trading environment preferred
Proven expertise in developing and deploying predictive models in low-latency environments
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
Prior people management experience preferred
Ability and desire to work in a collaborative team environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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Top Skills

Jax

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

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The Company

HQ: Amsterdam

1954 Employees

Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

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.

Why Work With Us

At IMC the best ideas win regardless of hierarchy. Graduates receive mentorship and make an impact from day one while experienced hires get to shape their own path in a flexible high-performance environment. We remove barriers so everyone can grow and help drive one of the world’s leading liquidity providers.