or apply directly on Virtu Financial's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 0 days Virtu Financial's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 23% of Virtu Financial's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Virtu Financial
- high 51 stale, 0 reposted of 57 open
- Hiring momentum
- 65 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Virtu Financial's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Virtu Financial.
About this role
As a Quantitative Trader at Virtu, you will design, operate, and improve high-performance algorithmic trading strategies on electronic trading venues. The role involves intensive mentorship and training in trade floor operations, allowing you to integrate into strategy deployment and collaborate with software engineers to enhance trading strategies. You will become an expert in trading technology and its market interactions, contributing to the evolution of market microstructure.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Virtu Financial as an employer.
What you need
- PhD in Science, Math, Engineering or other quantitative field
- Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude
- Programming experience (Python, SQL, Java or C++)
- Ability to communicate information precisely and with agility
- Highly motivated and tenacious individual
- Proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
Nice to have
- Prior experience with trading, strategy games or poker
Worth weighing
- No finance background is necessary
- Initial resume screening followed by an online test from Hackerrank
- The role involves significant mentorship and training
- Opportunity to work closely with software engineers
Summarised from Virtu Financial's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Virtu Financial on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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