Software Engineer

Job Description

Virtu Financial is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Atlas Development team. The candidate will be responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of Virtu's front-to-back trading infrastructure. This role involves working on all aspects of the trading lifecycle, including order management, exchange connectivity, smart order routing, and clearing.

The candidate should be a self-directed and passionate developer with a strong technical foundation and excellent communication skills. The candidate should be able to discuss complex, technical problems.

Virtu Financial offers a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a flat hierarchy with possibilities of continually improving and raising the bar.

• Design, build, and maintain proprietary, low-latency trading systems and infrastructures.
• Produce powerful trading tools which leverage all aspects of our high-performance system.
• Improve the scalability and performance of our trading infrastructure.
• Understand the future needs of the business and design technical solutions to meet these demands.
• Handle a variety of projects, from frontend to backend, in different programming languages.

Requirements:

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

Virtu offers:

• Dynamic, fast paced, meritocratic environment with a flat hierarchy.