Trading - Quant Trader (Junior/Mid Level) - Brazil

IMC

The Middle Office Team at IMC is seeking a Mid-Office Operations Manager; in this dynamic role, you'll drive trade reconciliation and settlement accuracy, swiftly resolve discrepancies, and ensure seamless trade flow across platforms in collaboration with trading and IT teams. As a senior member of the team, you'll serve as a subject matter expert and lead by example; mentoring junior analysts, sharing institutional knowledge, and setting the standard for operational excellence. You'll play a critical part in overseeing the full trade lifecycle, managing accounts, and calculating P&L, all while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and automation in a fast-paced environment. Key Accountabilities * Perform detailed intraday and next-day trade reconciliation, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across all activity * Calculate and reconcile daily P&L; manage monthly invoice reconciliation with exchanges, clearing firms, and other counterparties * Identify, escalate, and resolve daily trade and settlement breaks; conduct thorough root cause analysis and drive timely corrections at the clearing firm level * Own the full understanding of the trade lifecycle, from execution through final settlement, including all associated fees and regulatory considerations * Serve as an escalation point for complex operational inquiries related to trade flow, data integrity, and settlement issues * Act as a subject matter expert and go-to resource for the team, providing guidance and direction on non-standard or high-priority situations * Mentor junior analysts, providing ongoing coaching, knowledge transfer, and performance support to foster a high-performing team culture * Liaise between clearing firms and trading operations; oversee the execution of position, trade, and cash transfers * Engage regularly with Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Legal teams to ensure alignment on critical operational, regulatory, and risk-related matters * Drive cross-departmental initiatives to develop solutions that improve quality, efficiency, and scalability across support functions * Monitor high-level account balances and margin/collateral requirements in conjunction with the Risk team * Manage and analyze large, complex datasets; develop ad hoc and recurring reports to support operational and business needs * Champion an automation-first mindset, proactively identifying inefficiencies and leading initiatives to streamline and improve processes * Quickly assess and adopt new tools, procedures, and structures, continuously evaluating opportunities for operational enhancement Knowledge & Skill Requirements * Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field (B.S. preferred) * 8+ years of experience in financial markets or a trading environment, with demonstrated growth in scope and responsibility * Extensive prior experience working directly with trading, front office, and/or technology groups is a plus * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the broader MS Office suite * Technical skills in one or more data tools or programming languages, including but not limited to SQL Server, VBA, Power Query, Python, QlikSense, or PowerBI * Series 99 or 7 required, or a willingness to work towards obtaining within first year of employment * Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively across all levels * Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop junior team members in a collaborative environment * Strong ability to gather, synthesize, and communicate complex business requirements in a clear and concise manner * Demonstrated track record of building and sustaining productive relationships with internal teams and external counterparties * Meticulous attention to detail with strong organizational and prioritization capabilities * Substantial analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes and implement durable solutions * Proven bias for action; able to set priorities, take charge, and execute with urgency in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment * Highly adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities, stakeholders, and deadlines simultaneously * Self-motivated and proactive, with a continuous improvement mindset and the initiative to drive change without being directed The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information. Salary Range $140,000—$180,000 USD 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.

IMC

IMC is looking for experienced quant researchers to develop high to mid frequency delta one trading strategies and predictive models for the APAC markets. If you’re excited about helping to push the boundaries of what we can do with Machine Learning in trading, unlocking the significant edges we have in execution, and collaborating to become the best trading firm worldwide, this may be the role for you. You will be responsible for performing large scale data analysis to derive statistically profitable predictions of market behaviour. These predictions are used to inform all of our trading, and improvements have a high and visible impact across the office. You will also help to shape the direction we take across research and tooling. We have longstanding and significant edges across market access, global reach, Options understanding and low latency. The rapid growth we’ve already seen in Machine Learning has unlocked these edges, and some of the most interesting and impactful problems are now being tackled. You will work as part of an established and growing research team, collaborating closely with traders, software and hardware developers to find improvements to our models and see them impact our production results. IMC competes and wins as a team, with open idea sharing and collaboration across disciplines, desks and offices. Your Core Responsibilities: * Leverage deep learning techniques to improve prediction quality in a trading context * Collaborate with feature engineers and traders, to help ensure the feature set is crafted and used to maximum effect * Develop and improve sampling, weighting, cost, target, hyperparameters and network architecture to suit a range of problems and data presentations * Push the team forward, by keeping abreast of the latest developments in industry and academia, and tackling some of the hardest problems we have in the quant space * Mentor and grow the skills of more junior colleagues in the space, and clearly and simply explain complex concepts * Apply understanding of distributed computing, and how to align training hardware and approach to rapidly achieve strong results on very large datasets Your Skills and Experience: * Graduate & Postgraduate study from top universities, majoring in machine learning, statistics, or STEM subjects * 3+ years experience as a quantitative modeller, with specific experience in the high to mid frequency delta one space. Have a proven track record of developing and improving deep learning models with proven outperformance in production * Strong programming experience in at least one language, and mainstream deep learning framework (TensorFlow, PyTorch or other) * Deep understanding of the strengths & weaknesses of CNN, RNN, LSTM and transformers 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.

IMC

IMC is a global market maker, using advanced technology and sophisticated strategies to trade across major financial markets. With offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, and Sydney, we combine deep market expertise with cutting-edge systems to provide liquidity around the clock. Our Equity Options desk is a fast-growing part of the business, trading a wide range of single stocks across the APAC region. We combine best-in-class execution, proprietary models, and high-quality market data to capture opportunities in both high-frequency and directional trading strategies. As we continue to expand this area, we’re looking for an experienced Equity Options Trader to help drive performance and innovation. Your Core Responsibilities:  * Run and develop equity options trading strategies across key APAC single stocks, using both your own insights and the broader team's research and tools. * Collaborate closely with quant researchers, software engineers, and execution specialists to optimize pricing, hedging, and risk management. * Make real-time trading decisions based on market dynamics, volatility, and flow. * Contribute to the evolution of our equity options trading desk, from strategy refinement to new market expansion. * Mentor junior traders and share your expertise to strengthen the team as a whole. Your Skills and Experience:  * 5+ years of experience managing an equity options book focused on the Hong Kong market at a trading firm, bank, or market maker * Strong track record of profitability in directional or volatility-based strategies. * Deep understanding of options Greeks, volatility surfaces, and market microstructure. * Confident, fast decision-maker with a solid risk framework and entrepreneurial mindset. 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.