Overnight Retail Routing Risk Engineer

Virtu Financial; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtu Financial is seeking an Electronic Trading Engineer to support live risk and routing systems across Asia hours, with ownership of production systems and a hands-on, coding-intensive role.

The candidate will monitor real-time trading risk, develop strategy features, and run overnight experiments, collaborating with traders and engineers worldwide to ensure resilience and accurate risk management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Shape the team's priorities based on what you see overnight, and help support the shift to 23/5 trading.
• Partner with traders and developers across regions to strengthen system resilience as overnight coverage expands.
• Develop a deep, hands-on understanding of risk systems, order flow, and market structure.

Skills

Python

Statistical analysis

Calm under pressure

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Java

C++

Job description

Virtu Financial is seeking an Electronic Trading Engineer to support live risk and routing systems across Asia hours, with ownership of production systems and a hands-on, coding-intensive role.

The candidate will monitor real-time trading risk, develop strategy features, and run overnight experiments, collaborating with traders and engineers worldwide to ensure resilience and accurate risk management.