Software Engineer

Position Overview

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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 Atlas Development team is a highly talented group of versatile software engineers that lead the development of Virtu’s client trading infrastructure that serves hundreds of clients. As a Software Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to design, develop, and maintain our front-to-back trading infrastructure. This infrastructure covers all aspects of the trading life-cycle including order management, exchange connectivity, smart order routing, internalization, and clearing.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience building and designing distributed and scalable software in general purpose languages such as Java, Go, C++
• Driven, self-starting personality. Employees are expected to demonstrate peer leadership and initiative early on.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain proprietary, low-latency trading systems and infrastructures.
• Produce powerful trading tools leveraging all aspects of the high-performance system.
• Improve the scalability, performance, and efficiency of the trading infrastructure.
• Understand the future needs of the business and design technical solutions to meet those demands.
• Ability to handle a wide variety of projects, from frontend-facing projects to backend infrastructure, each in different programming languages.

Desired (But Not Required)

• Experience in Python
• Experience in distributed and/or highly concurrent systems
• Experience in Fixed Income Credit & Rate

Company Information

Virtu offers a dynamic, fast-paced, meritocratic environment with a flat hierarchy. No finance background is necessary or expected. You'll learn all the intricacies of how trading and technology intersect within the global financial marketplace. Our teams are passionate about continually improving and raising the bar; learning and teaching are keys to Virtu’s culture.