Electronic Trading Engineer (Retail Routing)
Virtu Financial2 days ago
Singapore, SingaporeMid Level
Responsibilities
- Monitor automated trading and risk infrastructure during Asia hours, identify and resolve real-time issues, and escalate when needed.
- Develop strategy features and deploy code changes through the team's standard review process.
- Design, run, and report on retail routing experiments.
- Shape team priorities based on overnight observations and support the transition to 23/5 trading.
- Partner with traders and developers across regions to strengthen system resilience.
- Develop hands-on knowledge of risk systems, order flow, and market structure.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience at a financial institution.
- Strong experience with Python and large datasets in SQL.
- A bachelor's degree in a quantitative field is preferred.
- Knowledge of US equity market structure, including venues, smart order routing, order types, and trade reporting, is a plus.
- Experience with Java or C++ and statistical analysis is a plus.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure, maintain attention to detail, solve problems, communicate effectively, and work flexibly as part of a team.
Benefits
- The role provides ownership of production systems and exposure to trading, risk management, order flow, and market structure.
- The position supports live systems during Asia hours as part of the firm's move toward 23/5 trading.
- The hiring process includes an online programming test delivered through HackerRank.
- Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
About Virtu Financial
Virtu Financial is a publicly traded market maker and electronic trading firm that provides liquidity across equities, ETFs, and other asset classes, and offers execution services and analytics to institutional clients. Its revenues come from market making and commissions/fees on trading and data solutions. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Virtu expanded its client execution and analytics capabilities with the acquisition of ITG in 2019 (traded on NASDAQ: VIRT).