Description
Our summer internship programme in Amsterdam is your chance to experience life as a trader at IMC. As a Trader Intern, you will delve into the proprietary trading landscape during the first week of engaging and challenging classroom-based learning. You will have the opportunity hone your skills and apply what you’ve learned with a meaningful project and weekly trading challenges. Throughout the summer, you will receive comprehensive support from dedicated internship trainers, and mentors to guide you in your work and professional development. In our collaborative office environment, you will build a valuable network of IMC traders, researchers, analysts, and engineers. You will benefit from a highly competitive compensation package, fully-furnished corporate accommodation, catered meals, and experience IMC’s collaborative culture as if you’re already a full-time employee. Where you go from here is up to you!
YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILTIES
- Generate new trading strategies
- Iterate current trading strategies
- Work on tooling, functionality, and/or visibility for specific use cases
- Hone your trading skills by working on a relevant project, shadowing different trading desks, and participating in competitive simulated trading sessions
- Attend workshops, presentations, trainings, and social activities alongside the full internship cohort
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
- In your penultimate year of study in mathematics, physics, econometrics, or a related quantitative field graduating in 2028
- Experience in a programming language is a plus (e.g. Python, Matlab, or R)
- You thrive working in an environment where creativity, teamwork, and innovation are recognised and rewarded
- You want to make an impact on meaningful and challenging projects
- Outstanding analytical skills
- Genuine interest in financial markets (no prior knowledge or experience is required)
- Must be able to start the internship on June 28, 2027
Please note: 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 Summer 2027. We encourage you to focus on enhancing your skillset before reapplying.
To be able to take part in IMC’s internship programme, you will need to obtain the required visa and/or permit to enter, stay and work in the Netherlands. Depending on your nationality and country of residence, obtaining the required entry visa may be subject to additional requirements, processing delays or other limitations. Please note that if you need a Schengen visa and are unable to obtain it before the start of the internship, you will be unable to take part in IMC’s internship programme. We greatly appreciate your understanding and hope to consider you for future opportunities.
If you have any questions regarding the above, please reach out via: CampusEU@imc.com.
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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