Quantitative Researcher - HFT at Information Management Consultants, Inc.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

05 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Quantitative Research, High Frequency Trading, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Market Dynamics, Microstructure, Statistics, Programming, Python, Risk Management, Equities, Futures, Collaboration, Model Improvement, Feature Engineering, Execution

Industry

Financial Services

Description

IMC is looking for experienced quant researchers to develop high frequency delta one trading strategies and predictive models for the APAC markets. If you’re excited about helping to push the boundaries of what we can do with Machine Learning in trading, unlocking the significant edges we have in execution, and collaborating to become the best trading firm worldwide, this may be the role for you. You will be responsible for performing large scale data analysis to derive statistically profitable predictions of market behaviour. These predictions are used to inform all of our trading, and improvements have a high and visible impact across the office. You will also help to shape the direction we take across research and tooling. We have longstanding and significant edges across market access, global reach, Options understanding and low latency. The rapid growth we’ve already seen in Machine Learning has unlocked these edges, and some of the most interesting and impactful problems are now being tackled. You will work as part of an established and growing research team, collaborating closely with traders, software and hardware developers to find improvements to our models and see them impact our production results. IMC competes and wins as a team, with open idea sharing and collaboration across disciplines, desks and offices. Your Core Responsibilities: Combine creativity and experience to rapidly generate high quality, testable ideas Use a rigorous and structured process to ensure your results are reliable and well tested Refine and leverage a strong grasp of market dynamics and microstructure, to create powerful features Have a solid understanding of statistics, a variety of machine learning approaches, and the risks of overfitting Your Skills and Experience: 3+ years experience as a Quantitative Researcher or Trader, with specific experience in high frequency Equities or Futures, and a proven track record Graduate & Postgraduate study from a top university, majoring in machine learning, statistics, or STEM subjects Strong programming skills in at least one language (python preferred) Significant practical experience with at least one mainstream ML approach About Us 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.

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Responsibilities

You will be responsible for performing large scale data analysis to derive statistically profitable predictions of market behaviour. You will also help to shape the direction we take across research and tooling.