{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f22e724399e1d227fe836eda","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f22e724399e1d227fe836eda","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f22e724399e1d227fe836eda","title":"Quantitative Developer - Derivatives","description":"Quantitative Developer – Derivatives\r\nWe're looking for a Quantitative Developer - Derivatives to join our Chicago office.\r\nAt IMC, the Pricing and Risk (PAR) team owns the firm's core quantitative library for live derivatives pricing and risk. This library sits directly in the critical path of our HFT market-making systems and serves as the real-time source of truth for valuation across all strategies. It is both foundational and constantly evolving, with extremely high expectations for performance and correctness.\r\nThe platform runs at scale across thousands of servers and is developed collaboratively across desks and regions. The team works closely with global counterparts to ensure consistency in how derivatives are modeled and priced across the firm.\r\nOur primary focus is options and volatility modeling, alongside support for a broader set of asset classes including fixed income, ETFs, and FX.\r\nThis role sits at the intersection of quantitative modeling and high-performance engineering, similar to roles often titled Quant Developer or Strategist.\r\nYour Core Responsibilities\r\nDesign and implement high-performance numerical algorithms for pricing and risk\r\nBuild and improve models that reflect real market behavior, balancing accuracy, stability, and latency\r\nOwn core components of the firm's pricing library, from models to calculation graphs to central infrastructure\r\nWork closely with quants and engineers to ensure models are robust, explainable, and production-ready\r\nContribute across the full lifecycle: research, implementation, validation, and performance optimization\r\nWrite clean, maintainable production code in C++ and Java\r\nYour Skills and Experience\r\n5+ years of experience in a trading or financial environment working on pricing or risk systems\r\nStrong understanding of derivatives pricing, especially options and volatility\r\nSolid background in mathematics, physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field\r\nExtensive C++ and/or Java skills, with experience building production systems\r\nExperience working closely with quants, traders, or similarly technical stakeholders\r\nAbility to translate quantitative models into reliable, scalable systems\r\nExperience with PDE methods or other advanced numerical techniques is a strong plus\r\nFamiliarity with numerical analysis (stability, convergence, error propagation) is a plus\r\nSalary Range\r\n$175,000 – $250,000 USD\r\nBase 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.\r\nAbout Us\r\nIMC 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.\r\nIMC is an equal opportunity employer. IMC prohibits discrimination of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, and/or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Completion of this section is voluntary and will not affect your opportunity for employment or the terms or conditions of your employment. 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This library sits directly in the critical path of our HFT market-making systems and serves as the real-time source of truth for valuation across all strategies. It is both foundational and constantly evolving, with extremely high expectations for performance and correctness.\r\nThe platform runs at scale across thousands of servers and is developed collaboratively across desks and regions. The team works closely with global counterparts to ensure consistency in how derivatives are modeled and priced across the firm.\r\nOur primary focus is options and volatility modeling, alongside support for a broader set of asset classes including fixed income, ETFs, and FX.\r\nThis role sits at the intersection of quantitative modeling and high-performance engineering, similar to roles often titled Quant Developer or Strategist.\r\nYour Core Responsibilities\r\nDesign and implement high-performance numerical algorithms for pricing and risk\r\nBuild and improve models that reflect real market behavior, balancing accuracy, stability, and latency\r\nOwn core components of the firm's pricing library, from models to calculation graphs to central infrastructure\r\nWork closely with quants and engineers to ensure models are robust, explainable, and production-ready\r\nContribute across the full lifecycle: research, implementation, validation, and performance optimization\r\nWrite clean, maintainable production code in C++ and Java\r\nYour Skills and Experience\r\n5+ years of experience in a trading or financial environment working on pricing or risk systems\r\nStrong understanding of derivatives pricing, especially options and volatility\r\nSolid background in mathematics, physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field\r\nExtensive C++ and/or Java skills, with experience building production systems\r\nExperience working closely with quants, traders, or similarly technical stakeholders\r\nAbility to translate quantitative models into reliable, scalable systems\r\nExperience with PDE methods or other advanced numerical techniques is a strong plus\r\nFamiliarity with numerical analysis (stability, convergence, error propagation) is a plus\r\nSalary Range\r\n$175,000 – $250,000 USD\r\nBase 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.\r\nAbout Us\r\nIMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. 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IMC prohibits discrimination of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, and/or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Completion of this section is voluntary and will not affect your opportunity for employment or the terms or conditions of your employment. 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