Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to offer 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.
The Role:
Our Software Development team creates powerful trading tools, which facilitate the operation of a high-performance system, deployed in financial marketplaces around the world. The Core Development team focuses on the design of our trading system’s core order management protocol, managing internal message processing as well as connectivity to external trading destinations, ensuring all trades flow in and our of our system smoothly and at the optimal speed.
Key Skills:
- 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.
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
- Mastery of modern C++ programming
- Experience with Java programming
- Extensive experience developing in a Linux environment
- Experience working with complex networking infrastructure
- Strong understanding of computer performance analysis
- Experience programming in high transaction environments and low-latency systems
- Proficiency in spoken and written Mandarin
- Interest in trading and financial markets
- Experience in distributed and/or highly concurrent systems
Virtu Financial Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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.
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