Electronic Trading Engineer
Required skills
- Python
- SQL
- large datasets
- Risk Management
- automated trading
- real time
- production systems
- coding-intensive
- quantitative field
- financial institution
Nice to have
- US equity market structure
- smart order routing
- order types
- trade reporting
- Java
- C++
Role summary
Virtu, a leading financial firm, seeks an Electronic Trading Engineer for its Risk Management team. This role sits at the intersection of trading and engineering, focusing on real-time risk management for retail equity order routing. Responsibilities include monitoring and resolving issues in live systems, developing new strategy features, deploying code, and designing experiments. The position requires supporting live systems during Asia hours, acting as the first line of defense, and contributing to the shift towards 23/5 trading. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience at a financial institution, a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, strong Python and SQL skills, and experience with large datasets. Knowledge of US equity market structure, Java, C++, and statistical analysis are a plus. The role demands calmness under pressure, attention to detail, and strong problem-solving and communication 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.
THE ROLE
Virtu's Risk Management team is a globally connected and fast-paced group, responsible for the framework that routes retail equity orders to market. Sitting at the intersection of trading and engineering, the team plays a central role in how Virtu manages risk in real time, across markets and around the clock.
In this role, you'll support live systems, acting as the first line of defense, thinking like a trader when markets move, and like an engineer when the system needs to evolve. It's a hands-on, coding-intensive role with real ownership over production systems, that blends disciplined risk management with the deeper work of building and improving the systems behind it.
THE CANDIDATE
Salary Range: $175,000 - $225,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation)
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.
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.
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