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Senior Quantitative Researcher – Options

A senior member of the options quant team who evaluates and improves live trading algorithms and mentors graduate researchers. The role carries project leadership as well as hands-on research.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Review existing options trading algorithms and spot improvements
Prototype and test new algorithmic ideas, often in Python
Carry strong ideas through to production trading
Mentor and guide graduate researchers

What they ask for

Required

MS or PhD in a highly quantitative field
5+ years in financial services or a quant setting
Project or people management experience
Python, Java or C++
Quantitative modelling and algorithm development
Options pricing experience

Education: MS or PhD in a highly quantitative field
Experience: 5+ years in financial services or a quantitative environment
Languages and tools: Python
Java
C++
Markets: options

How to prepare

Revise options pricing from Black-Scholes through volatility surfaces
Build a small options market-making simulation
Practise explaining and defending model decisions to non-quants
Develop a record of mentoring or leading a technical project

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with IMC Trading and doesn’t handle applications.