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 ROLE

Our ETF Traders are responsible for the design, operation, and improvement of high‐performance algorithmic trading strategies deployed on both electronic trading venues and RFQ trading platforms around the world. Our ETF traders also build and manage relationships with issuers and other trading partners. This team works closely with software engineers to enhance and further develop the firm’s trading strategies. We are looking to significantly expand our market presence in China, Korea and Taiwan.

THE CANDIDATE

• The ideal candidate has a minimum of 3+ years’ ETF experience trading in China, Korea or Taiwan.
• Has strong understanding of derivative products and managing risk.
• Superb mathematical and analytical skills.
• Is experienced in programming and automation – Python and SQL a plus.
• Has deep knowledge and execution capabilities across Chinese, Korean or Taiwan ETF markets.
• Can Identify new business opportunities and cultivate new and existing client relationships in this region.
• Is based in Singapore, or open to relocation.

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 ROLE

Our trading platform runs on high performance servers distributed across datacenters and offices throughout the world. These servers are highly automated and finely tuned to meet the growing demands of our business. Our Systems Engineers are responsible for designing, building, and supporting these servers, working with engineers across our global groups to ensure that our trading platform remains the best in the business.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze, diagnose, and resolve Linux based server issues.
• Create, test, deploy, and maintain packages, batch files, and scripts for the OS environment.
• Identify opportunities for optimization to reduce latency and increase efficiency.
• Manage move, add, and change requests and configuration as needed.
• Proactively engage with internal technology groups and vendors as necessary to deliver optimum solutions. 
• Assist in developing long-term infrastructure strategies and capacity planning to meet future platform infrastructure needs.

THE CANDIDATE

• 3-5 years background in Linux/Unix administration.
• Kernel tuning experience.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and network topology (NFS, DHCP, IP, TCP, UDP, TFTP and NTP).
• Knowledge of Kickstart, Ansible, Git.
• Strong scripting ability (Python)
• Experience with BIOS configuration.
• MySQL or Postgres experience a plus
• HT Condor, HTC clusters, Team City, Keycloak, Atlassian suite experience a plus
• Analytical, innovative, problem solving and strategic thinker.
• Self-motivated and proactive; strong organizational and time management skills.
• Must have high tolerance for continually shifting priorities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and coordinate work with various teams and vendors in addition to daily production support activities.

WHY VIRTU

• The opportunity to make an impact in a highly visible role within the firm
• A great place for upward and geographic mobility
• Direct exposure to the decision makers and senior leaders on the business side
• A company that’s investing a sizable amount in its technology department
• Teams that are passionate about continually learning, improving, and raising the bar
• A community that values hard work as well as work-life balance

After passing an initial resume screening, candidates will be sent an online system administration test. We look forward to meeting you!

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 offer 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 ROLE

Our Trading Operations Analysts are responsible for managing the clearance, settlement, and reconciliation of trades and positions on behalf of trade desks across the firm. Trading Operations Analysts work closely with traders, finance, compliance, brokers and custodians, and firm customers to ensure timely settlement of trades, accuracy of books and records, and avoidance of unanticipated risk to both the firm and its customers.

This team also has the opportunity to work closely with software engineers to further automate and enhance robustness of the firm’s operations workflows and to enable trading and customer offerings in new markets and asset classes. Trading Operations Analysts not only become experts in the logistics and mechanics of trade clearance and settlement, but they also play a crucial role in the ability of the firm to conduct trading efficiently and safely, perform challenging and stimulating data analysis, and participate in the architecture of new systems and controls. This is a great role for a candidate looking to start a career in the financial industry, or for a candidate already in the early stages of a career in this space who is looking for a more challenging role with greater responsibility.

THE CANDIDATE

• 2-3 years of experience working in a financial institution   
• Some programming skills (SQL, Python) or the appetite to learn these skills 
• Excellent academic background. All majors welcome but ones with a quantitative lean preferred (computer science, math, sciences, business analytics, economics and related fields)
• Outstanding quantitative problem‐solving skills
• Background in trading operations is an advantage
• A team player with a good attitude and flexibility in their time commitment to the job
• The ability to communicate information precisely and quickly
• The ability to work independently and create solutions without close direction or supervision
• A constant drive to improve existing processes is required
• A highly motivated, tenacious candidate that is excited to learn and grow at a leading, global trading firm
• Background in trading operations is an advantage
• Talented graduates will also be considered for this role

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. This is to gain an understanding of the candidates coding ability.

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 offer 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 ROLE

Our Software Development team creates powerful trading tools, which facilitate the operation of a high-performance system, deployed in financial marketplaces around the world. The Core Development team focuses on the design of our trading system’s core order management protocol, managing internal message processing as well as connectivity to external trading destinations, ensuring all trades flow in and our of our system smoothly and at the optimal speed. 

The Role:
Our Software Development team creates powerful trading tools, which facilitate the operation of a high-performance system, deployed in financial marketplaces around the world. The Core development role focuses on the design of our trading system’s core order management protocol, managing internal messaging processing and well as connectivity to external trading destinations.

Key Skills:

• Mastery of modern C++ programming.
• Experience with Java programming
• Between 1 - 3 years of work experience preferred (talented graduates will be considered).
• Extensive experience developing in a Linux environment.
• Experience working with complex networking infrastructure (i.e. how data transverses a network, TCP, UDP, etc.)
• Strong understanding of computer performance analysis
• Experience programming in high transaction environments and low-latency systems
• Experience in distributed and/or highly concurrent systems is a plus.
• Experience in low-latency systems and/or high transaction environments is a plus.
• Interest in trading and financial markets.
• Proficiency in spoken and written Mandarin is required to support the China market and communicate with Mandarin stakeholders
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills are required.
• Candidates outside banking and finance preferred.
  

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 offer 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 Role:
Our Software Development team creates powerful trading tools, which facilitate the operation of a high-performance system, deployed in financial marketplaces around the world. The Core development role focuses on the design of our trading system’s core order management protocol, managing internal messaging processing and well as connectivity to external trading destinations.

Key Skills:

• Mastery of modern C++ programming.
• Experience with Java programming
• Between 1 - 3 years of work experience preferred (talented graduates will be considered).
• Extensive experience developing in a Linux environment.
• Experience working with complex networking infrastructure (i.e. how data transverses a network, TCP, UDP, etc.)
• Strong understanding of computer performance analysis
• Experience programming in high transaction environments and low-latency systems
• Experience in distributed and/or highly concurrent systems is a plus.
• Experience in low-latency systems and/or high transaction environments is a plus.
• Interest in trading and financial markets.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills are required.
• Candidates outside banking and finance preferred.

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’s Core Operations Engineers form a small, fast-paced global team dedicated to managing the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of a sophisticated electronic trading system operating on hundreds of venues around the world. They are positioned at the very forefront of our technology’s interaction with the financial markets, requiring them to work well under high-stress situations and have an ability to react decisively and quickly in time-sensitive situations. This team is the first point of contact for all our external trading connections and, as such, they perform a dynamic mix of functions. This includes everything from counterparty support to risk management and system triage/optimization.

Our Core Operations Engineers operate at a high-level in a Linux environment to solve complex technical problems and work with traders and exchanges to understand micro-market structure. A strong interest in the markets and technology is a must. This is a unique job opportunity to become an integral part of a fast-paced electronic trading environment.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience operating in a team trading NSE, BSE or MCX
• Good understanding of India exchange operations, including automation of circular operations
• Excellent working knowledge of Linux environments
• Competence in at least one programming language – preferably Python / Bash.
• Ability to be cool under pressure and at ease in high-stress, time-sensitive environments
• Interest in high transaction environments and/or low-latency systems.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong academic record
• Technical agility; interest in innovative technologies

Always a plus

• Working with financial systems; or knowledge of the world financial market place
• Experience with SQL  
• Experience with configuration management platforms (i.e. Ansible, Puppet or Salt)  
• Knowledge of networking, both TCP and UDP  
• Familiarity with SEBI regulatory environment

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 ROLE

Our Traders are responsible for the design, operation, and improvement of high‐performance algorithmic trading strategies deployed on electronic trading venues around the world. During an intensive period of mentor-ship and training in trade floor operations, Traders learn the intricacies of each step of the trade flow process, eventually integrating into strategy deployment and operation.

This team also has the opportunity to work closely with software engineers to enhance and further develop the firm’s trading strategies. Traders not only become experts in trading technology and its interaction with the market, but they also play a crucial role in the evolution of market micro structure and the driving forces behind liquidity. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to kick start a career in the financial technology space.

THE CANDIDATE 

• Excellent academic background. All majors welcome but hard sciences preferred (computer science, math, physics, statistics and related fields).
• Outstanding quantitative problem‐solving skills and mathematical aptitude.
• Programming experience is required  (Python, SQL, Java or C++ are a plus). 
• The ability to communicate information precisely and quickly.
• The ability to work independently and create solutions without close direction or supervision.
• Highly motivated and tenacious individual, with a proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
• Team player: authentic, genuine person who is capable of working collective goals.
• No finance background is necessary.

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 Trader to help us propel our capabilities forward in the options trading space

As a Quantitative Trader on the options desk, you will be responsible for designing, managing, and improving high‐performance options strategies. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in trading at an automated options market making desk in the APAC markets. In this role, you will be working among a small team of experienced quants and seasoned software engineers, in an environment that is both fast paced and collaborative.   

• Research and implement new volatility trading strategies.
• Analyze existing strategies to identify potential improvements
• Apply your observation skills and modern statistical methods to identify trading opportunities
• Design and improve frameworks for managing options portfolio risk.
• Improve options pricing and volatility fitting

THE CANDIDATE

• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in options trading at an APAC OAMM (Options Automated Market Maker) 
• Excellent academic background with a degree in Science, Math, Engineering or other quantitative fields.
• A solid understanding of APAC options, their pricing and dynamic risks.
• Experience in automated market making in options on indices, futures, equities.
• Strong programming skills, and experience with using Jupyter notebooks.
• Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
• Great communication skills and the ability to collaborate with peers
• Talented graduates will also be considered for this role.

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. 

Primary Responsibilities

Ondesk Support

·         Setup, configure, and maintain the Windows Desktop Environment and end-user support, including but not limited to hardware and software management, security patches and health check monitoring in line with Global desktop standards, policies and procedures 

·         Build rapport with help desk customers and provide first line local and second line regional desktop/office technical support including incident/problem identification, resolution and escalation.

·         Configure and support general office facilities issues

·         Install and maintain desktops, user account administration; responsible for introducing adapting and improving IT systems in own area of responsibility

Local Data Center

·         Responsible for both the local office & Singapore Data Centre management including, organising deliveries, patching cables, installing servers and inventory management in line with global standards, policies and procedures. 

IT Infrastructure

·         Maintain inventory of all hardware and software. 

Knowledge and Skills

Required

·         3-5 years relevant experience

·         Customer focused attitude and dedicated to problem resolution

·         Must be able to handle multiple projects/issues simultaneously.

·         Working experience with Windows 7 and 10 and Microsoft Office

·         Must be able to work under pressure with long working hours under critical situations.

·         Excellent organization, inventory and desk management skills

·         Clear and detail-oriented communicator and team player.

·         Outgoing, comfortable with speaking and writing English is a must.

·         Data Center Experience

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