Virtu Financial

Quantitative Trader

Chicago

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$200kDetected 7 days ago

PythonJavaC++SQLStatisticsMentoring

About the role

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

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 Quantitative Traders are responsible for the design, operation, and improvement of high‐performance algorithmic trading strategies deployed on electronic trading venues around the world.
This team also has the opportunity to work closely with software engineers to enhance and further develop the firm's trading strategies.

Prior experience with trading, strategy games or poker, is helpful but not required.
The ability to communicate information precisely and with agility.
Highly motivated and tenacious individual, with a proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team.

Excellent academic background.
All majors welcome but hard sciences preferred (computer science, math, physics, statistics, and related fields).
Programming experience is required (Python, SQL, Java or C++ are a plus).

$150,000 - $200,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation. See our careers page for more information)

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