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Systematic Index Options Trader

IMC Trading
🇺🇸ChicagoMediorFull-time$250kPosted June 1, 2026

About the Role

Join IMC's Index Options desk as a Low-Latency Execution Quantitative Trader. This role focuses on driving revenue in index options trading through building and improving electronic execution systems. You will deliver high-quality analysis using options pricing data, trade data, and exchange feeds while diving into specific trade examples to identify anomalies and quantify opportunities. Your responsibilities include using backtesting tools to predict the impact of system changes, collaborating across trading, research, and development teams, and taking early ownership of defined areas of the strategy with the potential to grow into setting multi-month improvement plans.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in low-latency index options execution, including liquidity providing and taking
  • Strong understanding of exchange microstructure and how automated trading systems interact with exchanges
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a competitive nature, strong ownership mentality, and a bias toward action
  • Ability to perform efficient analysis on large datasets in Python
  • Preference for relevant tertiary qualifications (graduate or post-graduate) in a quantitative field: mathematics, computer science, statistics, or similar, with strong academic results
  • Strong communicator, able to collaborate effectively across trading, research, and development teams

What You'll Get

  • $250k base salary
  • Discretionary bonus
  • Paid leave
  • Insurance