Graduate Quantitative Researcher (2026)
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Job Location:
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days 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
- Design mathematical models based on innovative trading ideas
- Apply rigorous quantitative techniques to solve complex problems
- Implement these new models and put them into production
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
- 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 2026
- 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)
IMCs operations are global in nature and the ability to travel to the United States for work is a requirement of the graduate traineeship programme. Please note that the U.S. Consulate General is currently facing challenges with visa approvals for candidates from Russia Belarus Iran or Ukraine. As a result we will be unable to proceed with your candidacy for the graduate traineeship programme at this time. We greatly appreciate your understanding and hope to consider you for future opportunities.
If you are a dual-passport holder of a country other than Russia Belarus Iran or Ukraine we encourage you to apply and 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.
Key Skills
- Intelligence Community Experience
- Python
- Spss
- Microsoft Word
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Windows
- Stata
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Data Modeling
- Writing Skills
