TRADING OPERATIONS AT IMC:

IMC is currently looking for a talented and passionate Trading Operations Specialist to play a critical role in maintaining and perfecting our trading systems. As a Trading Operations Specialist, you will be part of highly motivated team, facing the daily challenge of managing a high-volume data flow in a complex environment distributed over a low latency infrastructure. In this role you will be exposed to many technical and trading challenges while ensuring high availability, stability and performance of the end-to-end environment.

This role provides frequent challenges, as no day is the same as the next. The person in this role will have the opportunity to make a considerable impact as part of a dedicated, dynamic global team.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Monitor, manage and update pricing tools
• Act as point of contact between traders and internal support desks
• Liaison to external issuers, vendors and data providers
• Work and support the market making trade book
• Verify backend processes (trade reporting, pnl recording)

Your Skills and Experience:

• Recent university graduate or current university student graduating before August 2026 with a degree in a quantitative field of study (e.g. Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Econometrics, or related field)
• Strong quantitative skill set
• Superb eye for detail
• Ability to develop and improve existing tools to affect significant results within the company
• Ability to multi task, organize, and communicate effectively
• Experience in a programming language (e.g. Python, Matlab or R) is an advantage but not required
• Genuine interest in financial markets, though no prior knowledge or experience is required
• A team player – at IMC we’re all in it together
• Must be available to start full time employment in August 2026

You may submit one application per role each year.  We strongly encourage you to focus on applying to a single role that best matches your skills and interests. Though you may apply to multiple roles, please note that each application will be evaluated based on the specific criteria established for that particular role. If you have already applied for this position during the current recruitment season and were not selected, you may reapply when the next recruitment season begins in 2026.

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.

Base Salary: $200,000

As a trader assistant, you’ll get a first-hand experience of what it’s like to work at IMC during your studies while adding value as an integral part of IMC’s trading team. It’s your chance to show us what you’re capable of, both analytically and as a teammate. You’ll be responsible for your own projects, with support from our skilled traders and engineers where needed. This is a unique opportunity to develop yourself professionally and to build that ‘can do’ mindset.

YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support our trading teams by analysing data and building tools to make the trader’s life easier
• Collaborate closely with IMC’s traders and engineers
• Learn about the trading industry, what it is like to be trader and have the freedom to find your niche
• Receive guidance from a dedicated mentor and the opportunity to build valuable connections with other full-time employees

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• In your penultimate year of study in mathematics, physics, econometrics, or a related quantitative field at a university in the Netherlands graduating in 2026 or 2027
• Experience in Python is required
• Outstanding analytical skills
• A genuine interest in financial markets (no prior knowledge or experience is required)
• Available to work part-time (20-hours per week) in the IMC Amsterdam office for at least 6-months

Please note that the nine-month cool-down period still applies if you have applied for a Trading position within the last nine months. We encourage you to focus on further developing your skill set before reapplying.