IMC
Quantitative Trading Strategist - Equity Options
$250K
Chicago, United States · Full-time · Posted Feb 27, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years; experience in quantitative research, systematic trading, or market microstructure-focused roles.
About the job
Develops and deploys quantitative strategies for IMC’s US equity options market-making platform, improving pricing, execution, risk management, and system robustness.
What you'll do
- Develop and refine models for pricing, execution, and risk management; analyze market and trading data for improvements.
- Design, backtest, implement, and deploy strategy enhancements, then monitor them in live markets.
- Collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers on scalable trading logic across equity options products.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of experience in quantitative research, systematic trading, or market microstructure-focused roles.
- Experience with exchange-traded products.
- Strong understanding of market structure and trading system behavior; ability to rigorously analyze large, real-world datasets.
- Strong programming skills; Python required.
Nice to have
- C++ or similar programming language.
- Background in statistics, probability, time series analysis, or optimization.
Pay
$250,000 (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++
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