Graduate Machine Learning Researcher
IMC
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Junior Compensation
£ 57KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Algorithmic Trading
Computer Programming
Python
Machine Learning
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Deep Learning
Job description
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.
Your 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
Requirements
- Currently in your final year of study, graduating in 2027
- A minimum of an MSc (PhD preferred) in Machine Learning, Statistics, Deep Learning, Probabilistic Programming, or a related quantitative field
- Strong foundations in statistics and machine learning, with a demonstrated research track record in ML, deep learning, or another quantitative field
- Proficiency in fundamental ML frameworks like Pytorch and experience in Python
- Solid understanding of statistics
- Desirable: publications in respected journals covering deep learning or time-series modeling
- No prior finance knowledge or experience required
- Ability to commence full-time employment in February or August 2027
About the company
Please note that, due to current regulations with the Immigratie en Naturalisatiedienst (IND), IMC is unable to obtain immigration sponsorship for candidates who currently have citizenship from Russia, Belarus or Iran, and attend university in one of the aforementioned countries. We greatly appreciate your understanding and hope to consider you for future opportunities., 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.