Virtu Financial is an industry-leading financial technology firm that operates both proprietary trading and client-facing businesses in the global financial marketplace.
Our unique culture combines the creativity of a fast paced start up, with the stability of a disciplined financial services firm. We have fun, work hard and strive to be virtuous in all we do.
Virtu Execution Services (VES) comprises of the firm's client-facing business encompassing, Brokerage, Analytics and Workflow technology. The increased technical roles under VES include Algo Development, Technology Support, and Analytics.
Roles within VES technical teams offer the opportunity to:
- Become a multi-faceted Financial Services professional, joining a global team engaging with a wide range of vendors and institutional and retail clients
- Receive an in-depth education on global financial markets and apply knowledge to a spectrum of Virtu's products and services- combining technology with business needs
- Work alongside a select technical team to solve client queries and improve our products
- Contribute to day to day tasks, such as automating workflows, investigating execution based questions and researching/building key processes
- Location: London, United Kingdom (onsite) for openings in London & Dublin
- Dates: 10 week programme, starting 21 June 2027 - 27 August 2027
Virtu is looking for top performers with below qualifications:
- Entering final year of school, or students expected to be ready for full time employment between December 2027 - June 2028
- Excellent academic background (all subjects welcome)
- Outstanding quantitative problem‐solving skills and mathematical aptitude
- Some programming experience is required (Python, SQL, Java or C++ are a plus)
- A physicaliser; a person who identifies issues and creates solutions without rigid direction or fanfare
- Highly motivated and tenacious individual, with a proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
- Team player: authentic, genuine person capable of working towards collective goals
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and can easily build new interpersonal relationships
YOU’RE JUST RIGHT FOR VIRTU IF YOU WANT
- To work in a organisationally flat structure with an entrepreneurial environment.
- Be part of a single team of professionals committed to excellence, passionate about continually learning, improving and raising the bar
- A firm committed to create an inclusive, equitable, and supportive environment to individuals from all backgrounds
- A community that values hard work as well as work-life balance and provides comprehensive benefits.
- An open environment to explore and implement new ideas, and take ownership of team initiatives from the start
THE PROCESS
After applicants pass an initial resume screening, an online programming test will be emailed to you via Hackerrank. Upon review, we will reach out to arrange next steps. We are looking forward to meeting you!
Closing Date: 11 December 2026
Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Skills Required
- Entering the final year of school, or expected to be ready for full-time employment between December 2027 and June 2028
- Excellent academic background
- Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills
- Strong mathematical aptitude
- Some programming experience
- Programming experience with Python, SQL, Java, or C++
- Ability to identify issues and create solutions without rigid direction
- Highly motivated and tenacious
- Proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
- Ability to work toward collective goals as a team player
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build new interpersonal relationships
Virtu Financial Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Virtu Financial and has not been reviewed or approved by Virtu Financial.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests core coverage is comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life, and disability. Official materials and third‑party overviews consistently describe strong health-related protections.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO alongside paid holidays, sick and bereavement leave, and parental/family leave are highlighted across multiple overviews. These time‑off elements form a notable part of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as free meals/snacks, commuter benefits, gym access, and occasional onsite services (e.g., massages, haircuts) enhance the day‑to‑day experience. Availability of these amenities is emphasized particularly in certain offices.
Virtu Financial Insights
What We Do
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. We combine our market structure expertise and execution technology to provide deep liquidity and competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues in 36 countries and unrivaled execution technology to our clients, while creating more efficient and stable markets worldwide. We strongly believe that transparency enables market participants to make better, more informed decisions while making markets more efficient. We strictly adhere to our core set of client values with each and every trade: Transparency, Reliability & Virtue.
