Graduate Quantitative Researcher

As a Graduate Quantitative Researcher you will work with experienced researchers and developers in a fast-paced data-driven environment. You will learn how trading ideas are researched tested and deployed while contributing to live strategy development from early in your career.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Research and test data-driven trading ideas
• Analyse large and complex datasets from cryptocurrency exchanges DeFi protocols and financial markets
• Build test and improve models signals and algorithms that support trading strategies
• Work with IMCs cutting-edge data software and high-performance computing infrastructure
• Collaborate closely with researchers developers and engineers to turn research into production-ready strategies
• Learn how to evaluate trading opportunities with a focus on performance scalability robustness and risk

Your Skills and Experience:

• Final-year student or recent graduate in Mathematics Statistics Physics Computer Science Engineering or a related quantitative field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to learn quickly
• Programming experience ideally in Python. Familiarity with C is a plus
• A genuine interest in financial markets trading crypto or DeFi
• Comfortable working with data and applying quantitative methods to real-world problems
• Curious collaborative and eager to take ownership in a fast-moving environment

Prior experience in trading crypto or financial markets is helpful but not required.

This is an on-site role based in Zug Switzerland with very limited flexibility for working from home.

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.