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Research Engineer

IMC Trading

$175,000 - $250,000
Aug 18, 2025
Chicago, IL, US
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Building scalable research platforms to be used across multiple asset classes and trading strategies, influencing trading strategies by accelerating experimentation cycles that foster continuous innovation and refinement.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in designing research platforms in trading environments
  • Previous experience working with ML methodologies and frameworks such as LLMs, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, etc.
  • Software development experience in C++ or Java + proficiency in Python
  • Knowledge of machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
  • Hands-on experience with ML pipelines in high-performance (real-time, low latency) environments is a strong plus

Responsibilities

  • Develop high-throughput, scalable research platforms, with a focus on the interaction between data, ML pipelines and back testing
  • Guide tooling to facilitate unconstrained experimentation at a large scale; generalize tooling across asset classes, horizons and trading strategies
  • Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to investigate and evaluate research ideas and to develop scientific libraries to share findings
  • Evaluate and roll out third-party tooling (e.g., MLflow; Neptune; Ray); lead implementation and optimization of our research tools
  • Create efficient processes for reproducible research
  • Design scalable model frameworks capable of handling high-volume trading data and delivering real-time, high-accuracy predictions

Other

  • Collaborate with quantitative traders and researchers to evaluate and implement new research ideas and approaches across the organization.
  • Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to investigate and evaluate research ideas and to develop scientific libraries to share findings