Quantitative Trader – Equities (Strategy Monetization)
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Job Summary
IMC is hiring aQuantitative Trader to focus on monetization research and back testing for high- to mid-frequency delta-one equity strategies. This role emphasizes research depth systematic evaluation and capital efficiency partnering closely with quant researchers and engineers to turn signals into scalable profitable trading strategies.
Based in Sydney this role is ideal for candidates who excel at research-driven trading problems large-scale data analysis and rigorous performance validation. For exceptional candidates from top global trading firms Hong Kong location may be considered.
Core Responsibilities
- Research and evaluate new trading signals and strategy ideas with a focus on monetization potential
- Design and run large-scale back tests to assess PnL risk capacity and robustness
- Analyse transaction costs market impact and execution assumptions within back testing frameworks
- Optimize portfolio construction capital allocation and risk controls across strategies
- Work with engineers to improve back testing infrastructure data quality and research tooling
- Partner with live traders to ensure research assumptions align with real-world execution behaviour
- Drive strategies from research validation through production readiness
Skills & Experience
- Degree in a quantitative field (Mathematics Physics Computer Science Engineering Economics or similar)
- 3 years of experience in quantitative trading or monetization research preferably in equities
- Strong experience with back testing frameworks large datasets and systematic performance evaluation
- Deep understanding of market microstructure transaction costs and scalability constraints
- Strong programming skills (Python/C strongly preferred); ability to write clean research-grade code
- Rigorous detail-oriented mindset with strong statistical intuition
- Experience at leading systematic or proprietary trading firms is a strong plus
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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About Company
0-50 employees
IMC is where the brightest minds in trading, technology, and quant research come together to solve the industry’s greatest challenges. Explore careers with us.
