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Quantitative Trading

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Virtu Financial

Virtu Financial

501-1,000 employees

Provides trading solutions and execution services

Data & Analytics
Consulting
Fintech
Quantitative Finance
Financial Services

Compensation Overview

$4k - $5kWeekly

+ Sign on Bonuses + Housing + Meals + Benefits + Other forms of compensation

Austin, TX, USA + 2 more

Category
Sales & Trading
Finance & Banking
Required Skills
Python
SQL
Requirements
  • Rising juniors, or students expected to be ready for full time employment between December 2025 - June 2026.
  • Excellent academic background (all majors welcome)
  • Outstanding quantitative problem‐solving skills and mathematical aptitude
  • Some programming experience is required (Python, SQL, Java or C++ are a plus)
  • A physicalizer; a person who identifies issues and creates solutions without rigid direction or fanfare
  • 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 collective goals.
Responsibilities
  • As a Quantitative Trading Intern, you'll work alongside Virtu's senior traders on a variety of exciting and challenging projects that introduce you to all the intricacies of market making.
  • Interns will spend most of their time solving trading problems as they occur in the markets and working from a menu of projects with the team.
  • Projects can come from a variety of different trading desks such as Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income, Options, ETF's, Energy and more.

VIRTU Financial Inc. offers transparent trading solutions and leverages cutting-edge technology to provide execution services, data analytics, and connectivity products, including an Open Technology platform with a growing library of APIs. The company combines market-making expertise and execution technology to deliver deep liquidity and competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues in 36 countries, aiming to create more efficient and stable markets worldwide.

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

$750M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2008

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

8%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The launch of Virtu Capital Markets (VCM) opens new revenue streams and strengthens Virtu Financial's position in the capital markets sector.

What critics are saying

  • The success of Virtu Capital Markets (VCM) is uncertain and may face challenges in gaining market share amidst established competitors.

What makes Virtu Financial unique

  • Virtu Financial's new business unit, Virtu Capital Markets (VCM), focuses on providing ATM services and corporate stock buy-back services, setting it apart from competitors who may not offer such specialized services.