Overnight Trading Risk Engineer – Retail Routing

Virtu; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtu Financial is seeking a Risk Management Engineer to support live systems during Asia hours and act as the first line of defense when US teams are offline. You will code, own production systems, and work with traders to evolve risk frameworks for 23/5 trading.

The role emphasizes hands-on risk systems, data analysis, and collaboration across regions, with a focus on reliability, scale, and fast decision-making in a demanding environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field is preferred.
• Strong experience with Python.
• Experience working with large datasets in SQL.
• Knowledge of US equity market structure is a plus.
• Experience with Java or C++ is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor automated trading and risk infrastructure in real time.
• Develop and deploy new strategy features through the review process.
• Design, run, and report on retail routing experiments.
• Shape priorities based on overnight activity and support 23/5 trading expansion.
• Collaborate with traders and developers across regions to strengthen system resilience.
• Develop a deep, hands-on understanding of risk systems, order flow, and market structure.

Skills

Python programming

Problem-solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

SQL

Java/C++

Job description

Virtu Financial is seeking a Risk Management Engineer to support live systems during Asia hours and act as the first line of defense when US teams are offline. You will code, own production systems, and work with traders to evolve risk frameworks for 23/5 trading.

The role emphasizes hands-on risk systems, data analysis, and collaboration across regions, with a focus on reliability, scale, and fast decision-making in a demanding environment.