Electronic Trading Engineer (Retail Routing)
Virtu FinancialAbout the Role
Virtu's Risk Management team is a globally connected, fast-paced group responsible for the framework that routes retail equity orders to market, sitting at the intersection of trading and engineering. In this role you'll support live systems during Asia hours, acting as the first line of defense while US teams are offline. It's a hands-on, coding-intensive role with real ownership over production systems, blending disciplined risk management with building and improving the systems behind it.
- Monitor automated trading and risk infrastructure, identifying and resolving issues in real time and escalating when needed
- Develop new strategy features and deploy code changes through the team's standard review process
- Design, run, and report on retail routing experiments
- Shape the team's priorities based on what you see overnight and help support the shift to 23/5 trading
- Partner with traders and developers across regions to strengthen system resilience as overnight coverage expands
- Develop a deep, hands-on understanding of risk systems, order flow, and market structure
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of experience at a financial institution
- Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field preferred
- Strong experience with Python
- Experience working with large datasets in SQL
- Knowledge of US equity market structure (venues, smart order routing, order types, trade reporting) a plus
- Experience with Java or C++ a plus
- Statistical analysis experience a plus
- Calm under pressure in fast-moving, time-sensitive environments
- Strong attention to detail and a track record of accurate, high-quality work
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
- Team player with flexibility in time commitment