Software Engineer - Client Trading Infrastructure (Java)
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).
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Design, build, and maintain low-latency trading systems and infrastructure covering order management, exchange connectivity, smart order routing, internalization, and clearing. Improve scalability, performance, and efficiency while developing trading tools and technical solutions across frontend and backend projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience building and designing distributed and scalable software in Java or C++
- Self-directed personality with initiative and peer leadership
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with Python, distributed or highly concurrent systems, low-latency systems, high-transaction environments, collaborative environments, or relational databases is desired but not required
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain proprietary low-latency trading systems and infrastructure
- Build high-performance trading tools
- Improve the scalability, performance, and efficiency of trading infrastructure
- Understand future business needs and design technical solutions
- Handle frontend-facing and backend infrastructure projects
