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
The firm’s complementary core offerings—market making, client execution services, and trading venues—give Virtu a competitive advantage in developing and applying innovative tools that deliver efficiencies and performance across the organization.
THE ROLE
As a Quant at Virtu, you will be working on interdisciplinary teams alongside traders, quants and seasoned software engineers. The environment is collegiate and collaborative, encouraging exposure to many teams across the globe.
- Apply your observation skills and modern statistical methods to identify and build predictive models
- Research and implement new trading strategies
- Analyze existing strategies to identify potential improvements
- Develop risk models and frameworks to manage portfolio risks
- Create tools to automate research tasks and improve visualization of complex data sets
THE CANDIDATE
- PhD in Science, Math, Engineering or other quantitative field
- History of diverse, challenging, and interesting coursework paired with a strong grades
- Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
- Great communication skills and the ability to collaborate with peers
- Ability to solve technical and or quantitative problems under pressure
- Ability to express ideas mathematically and algorithmically
- Programming skills (strong in Python and/or C/C++ but comfortable in both)
- Intellectually curious and self-motivated Ability to communicate within and across teams, at a high and low level, on both technical and non-technical subjects
- Ability to seek guidance and learn new skills from peers
- Extraordinary mental flexibility and a high tolerance for ambiguity
- Strong drive for success within a collaborative team
THE PROCESS
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
- PhD in Science, Math, Engineering or other quantitative field
- Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
- Strong programming skills in Python and/or C/C++
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with peers
- Ability to solve technical and quantitative problems under pressure
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.
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