Weekend 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
Supervise and optimize trading strategy performance during weekend sessions, manage intraday market and credit risk, monitor basic back-office and site-reliability processes, coordinate with the global trading team, and work with software engineers to enhance trading strategies and support algorithmic trading operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field preferred
- 1-3 years of experience at a financial institution
- Programming experience in Python, SQL, Java, or C++
- Quantitative problem-solving skills
- Mathematical aptitude
- Availability to work Saturdays and/or Sundays
Responsibilities
- Supervise strategy performance
- Optimize strategy performance
- Manage intraday market risk
- Manage intraday credit risk
- Monitor back-office processes
- Monitor site reliability
- Communicate and coordinate with the global trading team
- Work with software engineers to enhance trading strategies
Hiring Process
Initial resume screening, followed by an online HackerRank programming test. Candidates who pass the test will have a phone screen with a recruiter.