# Quantitative Trader [Virtu Financial](https://www.jorb.ai/firms/virtu-financial.md) · Singapore · [Hedge Fund & Quant](https://www.jorb.ai/jobs/hedge-fund-quant.md) Virtu Financial is hiring a Quantitative Trader in Singapore. Posted 2025-07-18; applications close 2026-06-24. **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/virtu/jobs/4232867002 Posted 10mo ago. ## Role details Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting-edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and provide innovative, transparent trading solutions to 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 enable us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide. ## The Role Our Traders are responsible for the design, operation, and improvement of high-performance algorithmic trading strategies deployed on electronic trading venues around the world. During an intensive period of mentorship and training in trade floor operations, Traders learn the intricacies of each step of the trade flow process, eventually integrating into strategy deployment and operation. This team also has the opportunity to work closely with software engineers to enhance and further develop the firm’s trading strategies. Traders not only become experts in trading technology and its interaction with the market, but they also play a crucial role in the evolution of market microstructure and the driving forces behind liquidity. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to kick start a career in the financial technology space. ## The Candidate - Excellent academic background. All majors welcome but hard sciences preferred (computer science, math, physics, statistics and related fields). - Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude. - Programming experience is required (Python, SQL, Java or C++ are a plus). - The ability to communicate information precisely and quickly. - The ability to work independently and create solutions without close direction or supervision. - Highly motivated and tenacious individual, with a proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team. - Team player: authentic, genuine person who is capable of working toward collective goals. - No finance background is necessary. ## The Process After passing an application screening, candidates will be sent an online programming test via email from a service called HackerRank as a first step of the process. This is to gain an understanding of the candidate's coding ability. _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._ ## Applying to this role This Quantitative Trader role at Virtu Financial runs through the firm's own careers portal and expects a CV and cover letter written specifically for the posting, not a portable submission carried across firms. Jorb AI's application agent tailors a CV and cover letter from your background to this posting and tracks the role alongside the rest of your applications. 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