Electronic Trading Engineer

Virtu is hiring an Electronic Trading Engineer in New York, United States. It pays $175k-$225k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Virtu.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Python, SQL and Java.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
Level lists 46 other open roles at Virtu.

AI in this role

Support and develop automated trading and risk infrastructure as part of Virtu's Risk Management team.

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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 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

Virtu's Risk Management team is a globally connected and fast-paced group, responsible for the framework that routes retail equity orders to market. Sitting at the intersection of trading and engineering, the team plays a central role in how Virtu manages risk in real time, across markets and around the clock.

In this role, you'll support live systems, acting as the first line of defense, thinking like a trader when markets move, and like an engineer when the system needs to evolve. It's a hands-on, coding-intensive role with real ownership over production systems, that blends disciplined risk management with the deeper work of building and improving the systems behind it.

Monitor automated trading and risk infrastructure, identifying and resolving issues in real time and escalating issues when needed
Develop new strategy features and deploy code changes through the team's standard review process
Design, run, and report on retail routing experiments
Partner with traders and developers across regions to strengthen system resilience as trading coverage expands
Develop a deep, hands-on understanding of risk systems, order flow, and market structure

THE CANDIDATE

3+ years of experience at a financial institution
Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative field preferred
Strong experience with Python
Experience working with large datasets in SQL
Knowledge of US equity market structure (venues, smart order routing, order types, trade reporting) a plus
Experience with Java or C++ a plus
Statistical analysis experience a plus
Calm under pressure in fast-moving, time-sensitive environments
Strong attention to detail and a track record of accurate, high-quality work
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Team player with flexibility in time commitment

Salary Range: $175,000 - $225,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation)

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.

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.

How we rate this

Electronic Trading Engineer at Virtu rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Electronic Trading Engineer is an open job at Virtu.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $175k-$225k a year.
The role is based in New York.
The job was posted on October 9, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Virtu. Apply on Virtu

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Risk ManagementQuantitative AnalysisMarket StructureTrading InfrastructurePythonSQLJavaC

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