Job Description
Your IMC journey as a Graduate Trader begins with a six-week Global Trainee Programme led by our seasoned engineers and traders alongside graduates from all three IMC regions: Europe, the United States, and Asia-Pacific. During this traineeship, you will deepen your knowledge about trading and financial markets, IMC’s trading strategies, and our proprietary trading systems. Your training will continue back at your local office, where you’ll receive support from your dedicated mentor, an experienced trader at IMC. Our trading teams span across discretionary, systematic, and execution-focused roles, giving you the chance to apply your skills in strategy, quantitative modelling, or market execution. Following the programme, you will be placed on a desk that best matches your strengths and interests, so you can hit the ground running. You’ll receive recognition for your ideas and successes every step of the way.
YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Trade a wide range of financial instruments
- Develop, maintain, and improve trading strategies and algorithms
- Manage the execution and risk of complex trading portfolios
- Collaborate closely with IMC’s technology developers and engineers
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
- In your ultimate year of study in mathematics, physics, econometrics, or a related quantitative field, and are seeking to join IMC full-time in February or August 2026
- Experience in a programming language is a plus (e.g. Python, Matlab or R)
- First-class analytical skills
- A genuine interest in financial markets (no prior knowledge or experience is required)
Please note: This position can be based in either our Amsterdam or London office. If you have a preference on location, we encourage you to let us know, however, it cannot be guaranteed.
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 September 2026. We encourage you to focus on enhancing your skillset before reapplying.
IMC’s operations are global in nature and the ability to travel to the United States for work is a requirement of the graduate traineeship programme. Please note that the U.S. Consulate General is currently facing challenges with visa approvals for candidates from Russia, Belarus, Iran or Ukraine. As a result, we will be unable to proceed with your candidacy for the graduate traineeship programme at this time. We greatly appreciate your understanding and hope to consider you for future opportunities.
If you are a dual-passport holder of a country other than Russia, Belarus, Iran or Ukraine, we encourage you to apply and inform our campus recruitment team of your situation: CampusEU@imc.com.
For more information on our trading interview process, please review our preparation guide here.
About Us
IMC 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.
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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.
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