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Temporary Machine Learning Researcher Jobs in Elmhurst, IL

IMC Trading is seeking quantitative researchers with a proven track record to apply state-of-the-art machine learning & deep learning to solve challenging trading problems. This role is part of a ...

IMC Trading is a global trading firm seeking quantitative researchers to apply state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning to solve challenging trading problems. The role involves designing ...

New York, United States IMC Trading is seeking quantitative researchers with a proven track record to apply state-of-the-art machine learning & deep learning to solve challenging trading problems.

Machine Learning Researcher

Chicago, IL · On-site

$250K - $300K/yr

IMC Trading is seeking quantitative researchers with a proven track record to apply state-of-the-art machine learning & deep learning to solve challenging trading problems. This role is part of a ...

IMC Trading is seeking quantitative researchers with a proven track record to apply state-of-the-art machine learning & deep learning to solve challenging trading problems. This role is part of a ...

Machine Learning Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$80 - $120/hr

The Machine Learning Researcher should be interested in Financial Markets, and will be directly involved in advancing the company's Data Analysis and Machine Learning capabilities. They'll be working ...

IMC Trading is seeking a Machine Learning Research Lead with proven experience applying state-of-the-art machine learning to solve challenging trading problems. This role will drive the development ...

Research and Innovation Stay at the forefront of emerging AI and machine learning technologies. Evaluate and integrate new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to enhance model performance and ...

Machine Learning Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site +1

$95 - $105/hr

... writing research papers. - Cloud engineering experience is required. - Thinks systematically ... If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical ...

... research papers. - Cloud engineering experience is required. - Thinks systematically. Top Skills ... If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical ...

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Machine Learning Researcher

Chicago, IL • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 27 days ago


Job description

IMC Trading is seeking quantitative researchers with a proven track record to apply state-of-the-art machine learning & deep learning to solve challenging trading problems. This role is part of a central ML research team that collaborates across trading teams at IMC.  The ideal candidate will have experience working with other researchers and engineers to build and continuously improve models, systems, and research tooling. We firmly believe that success for research-driven efforts lies in bringing together skills in ML, statistics, and trading intuition as well as a problem-solving mindset and pragmatism.  This is an opportunity to dive deep into feature engineering and alpha research, and focus on applying a wide range of ML models as well as to perform research on building custom models.

Your Core Responsibilities:

  • Design and deploy machine learning models to enhance trading performance across various asset classes
  • Research, test and prototype new algorithmic ideas; deploy advanced ML techniques applicable to market prediction, signal generation, and portfolio optimization
  • Collaborate with quantitative traders, researchers, and developers to translate market insights into data-driven features and models
  • Manage data acquisition, preprocessing, and feature engineering for structured and unstructured data sources

Your Skills and Experience:

  • PhD or Master's in Engineering, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or related quantitative field
  • 2+ years of experience building applied ML models; previous experience in trading environment preferred
  • Proven expertise in developing and deploying predictive models
  • Strong programming skills in Python; proficiency in ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and/or high-performance libraries like Jax
  • Strong understanding of theoretical foundations of state-of-the-art ML models
  • Strong publication track record at ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, or equivalent
  • Ability and desire to work in a collaborative team environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills