Software Engineer-Strategy ($75-100k)
Our strategy development team is a highly focused group of extremely talented engineers. Their primary responsibility is to code innovative trading technology by developing and perfecting proprietary trading algorithms running on our high-performance, electronic trading platform. Responsibilities include improving the scalability, performance and efficiency of existing strategies, as well as collaborating with Trading Analysts code new strategies.
Strength in core JAVA programming: 3+ years of coding experience.
Strong mathematical aptitude; background in math, physics, or statistics is a plus.
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.
Algorithmic thinking and great problem solving skills
Full Insurance - Health, Dental, Vision, Life, ADD, etc
401K program
Onsite Fitness plans with instructors/gyms/pilates
Fully catered meals
Laundry service
Game Room
On-site hair stylist
Virtu is the global leader in electronic market making. We actively make markets across a broad range of asset classes including equities, foreign exchange, commodities, options and fixed income, providing two-sided liquidity on over two hundred market centers around the world. As market makers, we lower costs for both retail and institutional investors by supplying competitive bids and offers, without seeking to take on risky directional positions. Virtu's liquidity provision plays a vital role in the overall health and efficiency of the global financial markets, especially in times of market turbulence.