Quantitative Strategist (PhD)
Virtu Financial is a global multi-asset market maker and liquidity provider, including digital assets.
About Virtu Financial
Virtu Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VIRT) is a leading principal market maker and liquidity provider across asset classes, with a real and current crypto business (zerohash market-making partner 2026, spot digital-asset liquidity via Talos, AP/market maker for US crypto ETFs).
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will identify and build predictive models using modern statistical methods, research and implement trading strategies, and analyze existing strategies for improvement. You will develop risk models and portfolio risk frameworks while creating tools that automate research and improve the visualization of complex data sets.
Requirements
- PhD in science, mathematics, engineering, or another quantitative or STEM program
- Strong GPA
- Quantitative skills
- Mathematical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Communication skills
- Ability to solve technical and quantitative problems under pressure
- Ability to express ideas mathematically and algorithmically
- Programming skills in Python or C/C++
Responsibilities
- Identify and build predictive models using modern statistical methods
- Research and implement new trading strategies
- Analyze existing strategies to identify potential improvements
- Develop risk models and frameworks to manage portfolio risks
- Create tools to automate research tasks
- Improve visualization of complex data sets
