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.
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Design, operate, and improve high-performance algorithmic trading strategies on electronic trading venues worldwide. Learn trade flow operations through training and mentorship before moving into strategy deployment and operation. Work with software engineers to enhance trading strategies and contribute to market microstructure and liquidity development.
Requirements
- Excellent academic background; hard sciences preferred
- Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude
- Programming experience required
- Ability to communicate information precisely and quickly
- Ability to work independently and create solutions without close supervision
- Ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
- Team-oriented and collaborative
- No finance background necessary
Responsibilities
- Design high-performance algorithmic trading strategies
- Operate algorithmic trading strategies on electronic trading venues
- Improve algorithmic trading strategies
- Learn trade flow operations through training and mentorship
- Deploy and operate trading strategies
- Work with software engineers to enhance trading strategies
Hiring Process
After application screening, candidates receive an online programming test via HackerRank as the first step.
