Graduate Machine Learning Researcher - Chicago
About the role
As a Graduate Machine Learning Researcher at IMC, your work will directly impact our global trading strategies. You will apply advanced machine learning, statistical, and computational techniques to solve complex, real-world trading problems, contributing to trading strategies across global equities, futures, and options markets. Machine Learning Researchers work closely with Traders and Developers in an environment where problem solving, innovation and teamwork are recognized and rewarded.
Core Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and evaluate machine learning models for trading applications, with successful research deployed into production
- Apply rigorous statistical techniques to measure performance, control overfitting, and understand model risk and interpretability
- Investigate novel machine learning approaches through rigorous experimentation and analysis in real trading environments
- Communicate research progress and outcomes effectively, ensuring knowledge transfer within the team and across departments
- Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and engineers to translate research into production trading systems
Skills and Experience
- PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or a related quantitative field
- Strong foundations in machine learning, probability, and statistics, with experience applying advanced ML techniques to solve challenging research or real-world problems
- Demonstrated hands-on research experience in deep learning fundamentals such as neural network architectures, sequence modeling, training dynamics, or optimization
- Proficiency in Python and modern machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, and/or JAX
- Demonstrated research excellence through publications, preprints, research internships, or significant research projects; publications at venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or equivalent conferences are highly preferred
About Us
IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve 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.
Pay
The Base Salary range for the role is $300,000.