Virtu is looking for a detail-oriented quantitative researcher to join our Financial Engineering team in Boston. The emphasis of this position is on the research, development and maintenance of our industry-leading mathematical/statistical products, making them available for our clients.

The successful candidate joins a strong team that conducts trading-related research and development by applying principles of scientific computing and analytical and programming skills using modern state-of-the-art tools and software. The emphasis of this position is on the development, deployment and support of mathematical/statistical models for pre- and post-trade decision support as well as leveraging new technology to simplify QA, streamline model analysis and product support.  

We create actionable products that improve decision-making for equity, fixed income, FX, and other asset classes. Investors around the world have better trading performance because of the work we do every day. From traders to technologists and everyone in between, Virtuans are passionate about innovating, solving problems and making an impact to the bottom line. Our teams set the bar high and strive to provide best-in-class service to institutional investors around the world.

WE’LL TRUST YOU TO:

• Learn and be knowledgeable about our client execution data, analytics and models, lead new improvements and/or initiatives, and handle their support
• Develop re-usable common framework components that expose features of our analytics/model to internal and external clients, including integration of our new models into client-facing platforms
• Work with product managers, consultants and client services teams to understand, prioritize and effectively execute requirements
• Build robust production pipelines and automate validation and QA of new models and their applications
• Conduct critical comparison of alternative data sources and, if necessary, integrate them in the production pipeline
• Maintain and support existing research tools and products as well as audit new technologies and use-cases
• Apply advanced data processing techniques to enhance expert knowledge in measuring and analyzing realized transactions costs of Virtu’s peer clients

 WHAT YOU BRING WITH YOU:

• PhD degree in a quantitative field (e.g., mathematics, physics, statistics and operations research)
• 2+ years industry or relevant PhD or PostDoc experience
• Self-driven, detail-oriented and capable of formulating and solving problems independently
• Experience with C++ and Python is required
• Experience with scalable and modular software development and deployment as well as in depth knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Interest in developing and owning business applications of our models/analytics
• Capability to support the existing production environment and nimble enough to navigate predecessors’ code
• Ability to effectively use the Linux platform for development and high-throughput data processing
• Previous experience with statistical and optimization techniques is preferred
• Hands-on experience with intraday financial data and analytics is preferred
• Familiarity with Kx/q is a plus

YOU’RE JUST RIGHT FOR VIRTU IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR:

• A smaller collegiate team environment
• A tech-savvy company on the cutting edge of innovation
• Direct exposure to the decision makers and senior leaders on all sides of the business
• Teams that are passionate about continually learning, improving and raising the bar
• A community that values hard work as well as work-life balance
• A company that is committed to giving back to the surrounding communities

YOU’RE JUST RIGHT FOR VIRTU IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR:

• A smaller collegiate team environment
• A tech-savvy company on the cutting edge of innovation
• Direct exposure to the decision makers and senior leaders on all sides of the business
• Teams that are passionate about continually learning, improving and raising the bar
• A community that values hard work as well as work-life balance
• A company that is committed to giving back to the surrounding communities

Salary Range: $170,000 - $210,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation)

Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients. As a market maker, Virtu provides deep liquidity that helps to create more efficient markets around the world. Our market structure expertise, broad diversification, and execution technology enables us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide 

The firm’s complementary core offerings—market making, client execution services, and trading venues—give Virtu a competitive advantage in developing and applying innovative tools that deliver efficiencies and performance across the organization. 

THE ROLE

As a Quant at Virtu, you will be working on interdisciplinary teams alongside traders, quants and seasoned software engineers.  The environment is collegiate and collaborative, encouraging exposure to many teams across the globe. 

• Apply your observation skills and modern statistical methods to identify and build predictive models
• 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 and improve visualization of complex data sets

THE CANDIDATE

• PhD in Science, Math, Engineering or other quantitative or STEM programs.
• No previous Quant Finance or specific asset class experience required.
• History of diverse, challenging, and interesting coursework paired with a strong GPA
• Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
• Great communication skills and the ability to collaborate with peers
• Ability to solve technical and or quantitative problems under pressure
• Ability to express ideas mathematically and algorithmically
• Programming skills (especially Python and C/C++)
• Intellectually curious and self-motivated Ability to communicate within and across teams, at a high and low level, on both technical and non-technical subjects
• Ability to seek guidance and learn new skills from peers
• Extraordinary mental flexibility and a high tolerance for ambiguity
• Strong drive for success within a collaborative team

THE PROCESS

After passing an application screening, candidates will be sent an online programming test via email from a service called HackerRank as a first step of the process.

Salary Range: $175,000 - $200,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation)

Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Virtu is a quantitative trading firm that uses cutting-edge models and infrastructure to provide liquidity to the global markets.

As a Machine Learning Researcher at Virtu, you'll pursue high-impact research opportunities within a results-oriented, agile organization. This role offers the rare combination of intellectual challenge and direct business impact. You'll tackle complex problems without obvious solutions, taking ownership of our entire modeling ecosystem—from feature engineering and deep learning architecture design to training dynamics and execution strategy. Your innovations will directly influence how we operate in markets globally, making a tangible difference in a field that demands constant evolution, creative problem-solving, and first-principles thinking.

A sense of curiosity, strong technical skillset, and collaborative mentality make you a good fit for this position, regardless of what industry you come from. 

The Role

• Investigate, evaluate, and prototype innovative algorithmic solutions using novel machine learning and deep learning techniques. Reinforcement learning experience is a bonus
• Results oriented mindset with a focus on developing deep learning models that directly impact P&L
• Implement sophisticated ML approaches for forecasting, feature engineering, and optimization challenges
• Conduct empirical ML research across multiple problem domains, rapidly prototyping and iterating novel architectures in Python/PyTorch/TensorFlow to solve challenging market problems
• Apply logical and mathematical reasoning to translate cutting-edge research methods between application areas. Adapt techniques from your area of expertise to achieve breakthrough results in the financial markets
• Partner with quantitative traders, researchers, and developers across teams to transform market insights into actionable data features and predictive models

The Candidate

• Minimum 2 years of applied experience developing deep learning solutions across diverse fields
• Proven capability in applying machine learning methodologies between different problem domains and application areas
• Strong production mindset with emphasis on delivering solutions that create bottom-line value and tangible business outcomes
• Proficient in rapid prototyping and iterative development using Python and contemporary deep learning frameworks
• Advanced programming expertise in areas such as core PyTorch/JAX framework development. Exposure to C++ in production environments is a plus
• Comfortable partnering with other researchers, developers, and traders and working on cross-functional projects in a collaborative environment

Salary Range: $200,000 - $300,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation)

Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients. As a market maker, Virtu provides deep liquidity that helps to create more efficient markets around the world. Our market structure expertise, broad diversification, and execution technology enables us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide 

The firm’s complementary core offerings—market making, client execution services, and trading venues—give Virtu a competitive advantage in developing and applying innovative tools that deliver efficiencies and performance across the organization. We continuously develop and employ innovative technology, trading strategies and risk management systems that drive superior and highly scalable trading platforms, and are looking for an experienced Quantitative Strategist to help us propel our technology forward in the options trading space. 

Quantitative Strategist - Options Desk

ROLE OVERVIEW

As a Quantitative Strategist on our Options desk, you will collaborate with our team of experienced traders, quants, and developers in a collegiate and collaborative environment that encourages cross-team exposure globally.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leverage your expertise to develop new predictive models, generate signals, and translate them into viable trading strategies
• Collaborate with the team to implement and integrate new signals into our current trading infrastructure
• Calibrate strategies across different products and adapt to changing market regimes
• Partner with traders to enhance existing processes and systems
• Apply observational skills and modern statistical methods to build effective predictive models
• Research and implement innovative volatility trading strategies and signals
• Analyze and optimize existing strategies to drive performance improvements
• Develop sophisticated risk models and frameworks to manage cross-product portfolio risks in volatile markets

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

You will join a select team of experienced options quants, traders, and software engineers in a fast-paced yet collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have:

• Advanced degree (preferably PhD) in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or other quantitative field
• 3-5 years of experience in Quantitative Research at an Automated Market Maker
• Expertise in implied and realized volatility modeling, volatility risk management and calibration, trading signals, event modeling, order placement logic, PnL analysis, and microstructure effects
• Strong understanding of risk management and valuation models
• Proven track record building volatility and/or delta signals as an options market making quant
• Experience analyzing large datasets to systematically identify new patterns
• Proficient programming skills, particularly in C/C++ and Python
• Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving abilities

Salary Range: $150,000 - $250,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation)

Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients. As a market maker, Virtu provides deep liquidity that helps to create more efficient markets around the world. Our market structure expertise, broad diversification, and execution technology enables us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide 

The firm’s complementary core offerings—market making, client execution services, and trading venues—give Virtu a competitive advantage in developing and applying innovative tools that deliver efficiencies and performance across the organization. 

THE ROLE

As a Quant at Virtu, you will be working on interdisciplinary teams alongside traders, quants and seasoned software engineers.  The environment is collegiate and collaborative, encouraging exposure to many teams across the globe. 

• Apply your observation skills and modern statistical methods to identify and build predictive models
• 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 and improve visualization of complex data sets

THE CANDIDATE

• PhD in Science, Math, Engineering or other quantitative field
• History of diverse, challenging, and interesting coursework paired with a strong grades
• Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
• Great communication skills and the ability to collaborate with peers
• Ability to solve technical and or quantitative problems under pressure
• Ability to express ideas mathematically and algorithmically
• Programming skills (strong in Python and/or C/C++ but comfortable in both)
• Intellectually curious and self-motivated Ability to communicate within and across teams, at a high and low level, on both technical and non-technical subjects
• Ability to seek guidance and learn new skills from peers
• Extraordinary mental flexibility and a high tolerance for ambiguity
• Strong drive for success within a collaborative team

THE PROCESS

Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients. As a market maker, Virtu provides deep liquidity that helps to create more efficient markets around the world. Our market structure expertise, broad diversification, and execution technology enables us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide 

The firm’s complementary core offerings—market making, client execution services, and trading venues—give Virtu a competitive advantage in developing and applying innovative tools that deliver efficiencies and performance across the organization. We continuously develop and employ innovative technology, trading strategies and risk management systems that drive superior and highly scalable trading platforms and are looking for an experienced Quantitative Strategist to help us propel our technology forward in the options trading space. 

ROLE OVERVIEW 

As a Quantitative Strategist on our Options desk, you will collaborate with our team of experienced traders, quants, and developers in a collegiate and collaborative environment that encourages cross-team exposure globally.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Apply your observational skills and modern statistical methods to build predictive models, generate volatility signals, and translate them into viable trading strategies
• Analyze and optimize existing signals to drive strategy performance improvements
• Identify best opportunities to improve our existing volatility pricing models
• Calibrate strategies across different products and adapt to changing market regimes
• Collaborate with the team to implement and integrate new signals into our current trading infrastructure

THE CANDIDATE

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in quantitative research at an OAMM (Options Automated Market Maker). Familiarity with India options market is a plus
• Advanced degree (preferably PhD) in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or other quantitative field
• Proven track record building volatility and/or delta signals as an options market making quant
• A good understanding in options pricing theory
• Experience analyzing large datasets to systematically identify new patterns
• Proficient in programming, Python, Java or C++ preferred
• Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving skills

Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients. As a market maker, Virtu provides deep liquidity that helps to create more efficient markets around the world. Our market structure expertise, broad diversification, and execution technology enables us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide 

The firm’s complementary core offerings—market making, client execution services, and trading venues—give Virtu a competitive advantage in developing and applying innovative tools that deliver efficiencies and performance across the organization. Investors around the world have better trading performance because of our everyday work. Our teams set the bar high and strive to provide best-in-class service to institutional investors around the world. From traders to technologists and everyone in between, we are passionate about innovating, solving problems and making an impact to the bottom line.

THE ROLE

Virtu is looking for an experienced, detail-oriented Quantitative Researcher to join our Financial Engineering team in Boston, supporting our Virtu Execution Services Business. The emphasis of this position is on the research, development, deployment and support of our industry-leading statistical models for pre and post-trade decision support for fixed income securities and making them available for trading applications. The successful candidate joins a strong team that conducts trading related research and development by applying principles of scientific computing, statistical learning as well as analytical and programming skills. We create actionable products that improve decision-making for equity, fixed income, FX, and other asset classes across a diverse client base. 

• Learn and be knowledgeable about our fixed income data, analytics and models, lead new improvements and/or initiatives, and handle their support
• Develop re-usable common framework components and contribute to interfaces that expose features of our analytics/model to internal and external clients
• Apply advanced data processing and statistical learning techniques to enhance expert knowledge in measuring and analyzing realized transactions costs of Virtu’s peer clients
• Conduct critical comparison of alternative data sources and, if necessary, integrate them in the production pipeline
• Effectively document use cases, requirements and architectural specifications related to the models and applications
• Work with product managers, FI trading desk and client services teams to understand, prioritize and effectively execute requirements

THE CANDIDATE 

• PhD or Master’s degree in a quantitative field
• Minimum of 7+ years in finance, specifically Fixed Income
• Institutional knowledge of fixed income markets with emphasis on trading-related aspects
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with multi-office/region teams as well as work independently, and adapt to changes
• Strong python programming skills, including experience with scalable software design and development (not just scripting), experience with relational databases is a must
• Previous experience with statistical, machine learning and optimization techniques
• Hands-on experience with intraday financial data and analytics
• Ability to effectively use the Linux platform for development and data processing
• Familiarity with KDB/q and/or knowledge of C++ is a plus

THE PROCESS