Quantitative Trader

Virtu Financial is a global financial services firm and market maker providing liquidity, execution services, analytics, and trading technology across multiple asset classes.

New York, NY, USA
About Virtu Financial, Inc.

Virtu Financial, Inc. leverages market-structure expertise and technology to provide liquidity and transparent trading solutions across equities, ETFs, foreign exchange, futures, fixed income, cryptocurrency, and commodities. Its offerings include market making, execution services, liquidity sourcing, multi-asset analytics, data products, compliance tools, and broker-neutral workflow technology.

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Skills

Candidate Availability

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will design, operate, and improve high-performance algorithmic trading strategies on electronic venues worldwide. You will complete intensive mentorship and training in trade-floor operations, integrate into strategy deployment, and work with software engineers to enhance trading strategies and analyze market microstructure.

Requirements

  • PhD in science, mathematics, engineering, or another quantitative field
  • Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude
  • Programming experience
  • Ability to communicate information precisely and agilely
  • Ability to identify issues and create solutions independently
  • Ability to take initiative and work independently and collaboratively

Responsibilities

  • Design high-performance algorithmic trading strategies
  • Operate trading strategies on electronic trading venues
  • Improve deployed trading strategies
  • Learn trade-flow processes through mentorship and training
  • Integrate into strategy deployment and operation
  • Collaborate with software engineers to enhance trading strategies
  • Analyze market microstructure and liquidity drivers

Hiring Process

Resume screening → HackerRank online test → phone screen.