Job Description
Are you in your final year of a STEM degree at a Dutch university and curious about what its like to work as a trader? Attend our Business Course held in our Amsterdam office on April 23rd and 24th, 2025 to find out!
During this two-day event, you’ll dive into the world of trading, learn how you can make an impact on the financial markets, and see how your analytical and problem-solving skills could translate into a career at IMC. You’ll engage in interactive sessions, work on real-world trading simulations, and tackle challenges designed to test your skills.
And it’s not all work—we want you to experience IMC’s vibrant culture through fun activities like dinners, social events, and opportunities to connect and unwind.
What We Offer:
- Insights into Trading: Discover the fast-paced world of high-frequency trading and technology
- Hands-On Simulations: Participate in trading simulations using real-world data
- Challenges & Growth: Tackle personal and team challenges to learn more about trading, our company, and yourself
- Fun & Connection: Enjoy the casual and collaborative atmosphere of IMC through social activities and meet like-minded peers
- All-Inclusive Experience: Hotel accommodation, food, drinks, and goodies provided
If we’re a match after the event, we’ll discuss if there’s a role that aligns with your interests at IMC.
How to Apply
- Upload your CV: Submit your application via our event page
- Take the online assessments: If your CV matches our criteria, we’ll invite you to complete two assessments
- Rock the interview: Ace the first-round interview and secure your spot at the Business Course
- Attend the event: Join us in Amsterdam on April 23rd and 24th for this exciting opportunity
This event is a distinct chance to explore your potential and see if trading is the career for you. Ready to take on the challenge?
About Us
IMC is a leading 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, and Asia Pacific, 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.
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START YOUR JOURNEY WITH IMC AMSTERDAM
If you grow, we grow.
IMC is a leading global trading firm powered by the most advanced technology. This is where the
brightest minds in trading, tech, and quant research come together to solve the industry’s greatest challenges.
Across Europe, the US, and Asia-Pacific, our cross-functional teams collaborate to design and develop the software, hardware, advanced networks, and algorithms that drive our innovative trading strategies and provide essential liquidity to financial markets.
Our interns and graduates are critical to our ambition of becoming the world’s leading trading firm. That’s why we’re fostering an environment where people from all backgrounds can challenge themselves and have the opportunity to realize their full potential.
You’ll learn from the best minds in the business. You’ll be given lots of responsibility from day one. And you’ll enjoy unrivaled pathways for career progression.
Ready for a new challenge? Join us at the cutting edge of trading and technology.
We’re looking for the brightest minds in:
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Maths
- Statistics
- Physics
- Economics
- Finance
CAREERS IN TRADING
Our trading internship and graduate roles are designed for ambitious high performers with a keen interest in financial markets. You’ll enjoy leveraging your mathematical and analytical skills to solve complex problems. You’ll spot new opportunities in the market and go after them, working in close collaboration with our talented engineering and quant research teams. Expect to make a real impact on our business from day one.
- Develop, maintain, and improve trading models, algorithms, and systems
- Trade a range of financial instruments
- Manage the execution and risk of complex trading portfolios
- Collaborate with our developers, engineers, and quant researchers to understand and improve our technical infrastructure
Trading roles:
- Graduate Trader
- Graduate Quant Researcher
- Graduate Research Analyst
- Trader Intern
CAREERS IN ENGINEERING
Our tech internship and graduate roles are designed for ambitious high performers ready to hone
their programming skills at one of the world’s leading technology-driven trading firms. As an Engineer at IMC, you won’t just be writing code. You’ll be responsible for spotting opportunities and developing new technology such as advanced networks and algorithms. Our collaborative, high-performance culture provides you lots of responsibility – so expect to hit the ground running and make a real impact from day one.
- Develop cutting-edge technology in software, hardware, advanced networks, and algorithms
- Write code in a collaborative environment where independence is also valued
- Explore challenging problems in latency and data analysis
- Partner with traders and quant researchers around the globe to improve our systems
- Help integrate new, disruptive technologies – like machine learning and AI – into our tech stack and workstreams
Technology roles:
- Graduate Software Engineer
- Graduate Hardware Engineer
- Software Engineer Intern
- Hardware Engineer Intern
BENEFITS
- Travel to one of our offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, or Sydney for the Global Traineeship
- Extensive professional development training programs such as “Trading for non-Traders”,
python, C++, and other certifications - Personal development programs such as communication skills, business English, and other soft skills
- In-house chef providing gourmet breakfast, lunch, and snacks
- Social activities and weekly Friday night drinks
- Annual international company weekend away
- Wellbeing program with subsidised fitness classes
- In-house gym and chair massages
- Volunteering days and matching for charity donations
GRADS & INTERN PROGRAMS
Join the world’s most innovative trading firm and build our future, together.
Explore careers on: imc.com/careers
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