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Core Developer - China Desk

Virtu Financial
🇸🇬SingaporeJuniorFull-timePosted March 12, 2020

About the Role

The Core Development team creates powerful trading tools that facilitate the operation of a high-performance system deployed in financial marketplaces worldwide. This role focuses on the design of Virtu's trading system's core order management protocol, managing internal message processing and connectivity to external trading destinations. You will ensure all trades flow in and out of the system smoothly and at optimal speed, working on complex networking infrastructure in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Requirements

  • 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
  • Experience working with Chinese exchanges
  • Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Excellent communication skills are required
  • Candidates outside banking and finance preferred