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Senior Trader

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship
IMC Trading logo

at IMC Trading

Proprietary Trading

Posted 10 days ago

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**Senior Trader in Proprietary Quantitative Trading** Drive our quantitative proprietary trading as a **Senior Trader**, developing and enhancing mathematical models, strategies, and systems in collaboration with developers. Lead and mentor teams, manage risk, and influence strategic direction. Requires a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, 5+ years in quantitative trading, and expertise in Python, Pandas, NumPy, and SciPy. FINRA certifications essential.

Compensation
$250,000 – $300,000 USD

Currency: $ (USD)

City
Chicago, New York City
Country
United States

Full Job Description

IMC Americas, Inc. has multiple openings for Senior Trader (REQ#4479679101) in Chicago, IL and New York, NY.

Your Core Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and enhance mathematical models, strategies, and trading system components for quantitative proprietary trading in collaboration with developers (3%).
  • Independently design and implement changes to trading models, strategies and systems from end-to-end, including conceiving of proposed changes, creating a testing plan and
  • performing tests, and implementing changes (3%).
  • Analyze, interpret, and model financial, economic, and industry data to optimize trading and maximize revenue generation using existing internal tools (3%).
  • Create custom analysis tools for use at the firm to perform research beyond available analysis tools (3%).
  • Prepare and present high-quality financial analysis and reports following IMC global guidelines (3%).
  • Lead, mentor and develop a team of traders, including managing Trading managers and leading trading teams across offices (15%).
  • Supervise and mentor traders and interns, providing detailed feedback for their work (20%).
  • Set trading strategy, performance goals, and standards for a group of traders, quant researchers, and technologists; and stay abreast of market trends and changes, adapting strategies as needed (15%).
  • Enforce robust risk management practices and ensure adherence to regulatory and internal controls; and own PnL, risk management, and regulatory controls for the trading desk (10%).
  • Influence organizational and strategic direction for the firm by collaborating with key stakeholders and leadership in IMC international offices (10%).
  • Partner closely with other trading and technology leads to enhance trading strategies, systems and tools (10%).
  • Participate in Trader interview process and make hiring decisions for applicants to Trader positions (5%).

Partial telecommuting permitted. Multiple positions available. Requisition Number: 4479679101

 

Your Skills and Experience

This position requires a Bachelors degree, or foreign equivalent, in Mathematics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Physics, or similarly quantitative and mathematical field and five (5) year of experience in the job offered or a related position.

Must have at least five (5) years of experience in each of the following skill(s):

  • Developing, maintaining, and enhancing mathematical models, strategies, and trading system components for quantitative proprietary trading in collaboration with developers
  • Operating trading strategies through a range of market circumstances, having a thorough understanding of risk at any point in time
  • Rolling out and verifying new features on trading strategies
  • Managing a trading firm's risk exposure
  • Using Python and python coding libraries, including Pandas, NumPy, and SciPy to assist in quantitative analysis
  • Experience trading products and navigating compliance regulations in trading markets
  • Managing Quantitative traders
  • Contributing to planning and prioritization decisions on a trading desk
  • Requires FINRA Certifications: (1) SIE, (2) Series 57, and (3) Series 24

#LI-DNI

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$250,000
-
$300,000
USD

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.

 

Senior Trader

Compensation

$250,000 – $300,000 USD

City: Chicago, New York City

Country: United States

IMC Trading logo
Proprietary Trading

10 days ago

No clicks

at IMC Trading

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

**Senior Trader in Proprietary Quantitative Trading** Drive our quantitative proprietary trading as a **Senior Trader**, developing and enhancing mathematical models, strategies, and systems in collaboration with developers. Lead and mentor teams, manage risk, and influence strategic direction. Requires a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, 5+ years in quantitative trading, and expertise in Python, Pandas, NumPy, and SciPy. FINRA certifications essential.

Full Job Description

IMC Americas, Inc. has multiple openings for Senior Trader (REQ#4479679101) in Chicago, IL and New York, NY.

Your Core Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and enhance mathematical models, strategies, and trading system components for quantitative proprietary trading in collaboration with developers (3%).
  • Independently design and implement changes to trading models, strategies and systems from end-to-end, including conceiving of proposed changes, creating a testing plan and
  • performing tests, and implementing changes (3%).
  • Analyze, interpret, and model financial, economic, and industry data to optimize trading and maximize revenue generation using existing internal tools (3%).
  • Create custom analysis tools for use at the firm to perform research beyond available analysis tools (3%).
  • Prepare and present high-quality financial analysis and reports following IMC global guidelines (3%).
  • Lead, mentor and develop a team of traders, including managing Trading managers and leading trading teams across offices (15%).
  • Supervise and mentor traders and interns, providing detailed feedback for their work (20%).
  • Set trading strategy, performance goals, and standards for a group of traders, quant researchers, and technologists; and stay abreast of market trends and changes, adapting strategies as needed (15%).
  • Enforce robust risk management practices and ensure adherence to regulatory and internal controls; and own PnL, risk management, and regulatory controls for the trading desk (10%).
  • Influence organizational and strategic direction for the firm by collaborating with key stakeholders and leadership in IMC international offices (10%).
  • Partner closely with other trading and technology leads to enhance trading strategies, systems and tools (10%).
  • Participate in Trader interview process and make hiring decisions for applicants to Trader positions (5%).

Partial telecommuting permitted. Multiple positions available. Requisition Number: 4479679101

 

Your Skills and Experience

This position requires a Bachelors degree, or foreign equivalent, in Mathematics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Physics, or similarly quantitative and mathematical field and five (5) year of experience in the job offered or a related position.

Must have at least five (5) years of experience in each of the following skill(s):

  • Developing, maintaining, and enhancing mathematical models, strategies, and trading system components for quantitative proprietary trading in collaboration with developers
  • Operating trading strategies through a range of market circumstances, having a thorough understanding of risk at any point in time
  • Rolling out and verifying new features on trading strategies
  • Managing a trading firm's risk exposure
  • Using Python and python coding libraries, including Pandas, NumPy, and SciPy to assist in quantitative analysis
  • Experience trading products and navigating compliance regulations in trading markets
  • Managing Quantitative traders
  • Contributing to planning and prioritization decisions on a trading desk
  • Requires FINRA Certifications: (1) SIE, (2) Series 57, and (3) Series 24

#LI-DNI

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$250,000
-
$300,000
USD

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.