Graduate Quant Researcher

IMC


Job Location:

Amsterdam - Netherlands

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 19 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Your IMC journey as a Graduate Quantitative Researcher begins with a six-week Global Trainee Programme led by our seasoned engineers and traders alongside graduates from all three IMC regions: Europe the United States and Asia-Pacific. During this traineeship you will deepen your knowledge about trading and financial markets IMCs trading strategies and our proprietary trading systems. Your training will continue back at your local office where youll receive support from your dedicated mentor an experienced quant researcher at IMC. Following the programme you will join a team of quantitative researchers where youll play a key role in exploring and shaping strategies in global markets. Youll receive recognition for your ideas and successes every step of the way.

YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Collaborate with traders to evaluate existing models and suggest improvements
  • Build customised analysis tools to explore new research ideas
  • Apply rigorous quantitative techniques to solve complex problems
  • Design mathematical models based on innovative trading ideas
  • Implement these new models and put them into production

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • In your ultimate year of a MSc or PhD in mathematics physics astrophysics or a related quantitative field and are seeking to join IMC full-time in February or August 2027
  • Experience in a programming language (e.g. Python Matlab or C)
  • First-class quantitative and analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
  • A genuine interest in financial markets (no prior knowledge or experience is required)
Please note: If you have already applied for this position during the current recruitment season and were not selected you may reapply when the next recruitment season begins in Summer 2027. We encourage you to focus on enhancing your skillset before reapplying.

Due to current U.S. immigration and visa restrictions some candidates may not be eligible to obtain the U.S. business visa required as part of our Global Traineeship Programme. As the programme includes mandatory training in the United States shortly after joining we are unfortunately unable to proceed with applications from candidates who are unable to obtain the required visa within the programme timeline.

If you are a dual passport holder of another nationality or a European citizen who wants to relocate back to Europe you remain welcome to apply and should inform our campus recruitment team of your situation:.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989 weve 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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Your IMC journey as a Graduate Quantitative Researcher begins with a six-week Global Trainee Programme led by our seasoned engineers and traders alongside graduates from all three IMC regions: Europe the United States and Asia-Pacific. During this traineeship you will deepen your knowledge about tra...

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