Core Operations Engineer

Job details

Work model

On-site

Salary

Not listed by source

Location

Singapore

Hiring context

How this role compares at Virtu Financial

Virtu Financial has 50 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 6 job families, and 29 of them are in engineering. 4 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 8%.

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Job description

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 ROLE Virtu’s Core Operations Engineers form a small, fast-paced global team dedicated to managing the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of a sophisticated electronic trading system operating on hundreds of venues around the world. They are positioned at the very forefront of our technology’s interaction with the financial markets, requiring them to work well under high-stress situations and have an ability to react decisively and quickly in time-sensitive situations. This team is the first point of contact for all our external trading connections and, as such, they perform a dynamic mix of functions. This includes everything from counterparty support to risk management and system triage/optimization. Our Core Operations Engineers operate at a high-level in a Linux environment to solve complex technical problems and work with traders and exchanges to understand micro-market structure. A strong interest in the markets and technology is a must. This is a unique job opportunity to become an integral part of a fast-paced electronic trading environment. Required Skills & Qualifications: • Excellent working knowledge of Linux environments • Competence in at least one programming language – preferably Python / Bash. • Ability to be cool under pressure and at ease in high-stress, time-sensitive environments • Interest in high transaction environments and/or low-latency systems. • Excellent communication skills • Strong academic record • Technical agility; interest in innovative technologies Always a plus: • Working with financial systems; or knowledge of the world financial marketplace • Experience with SQL • Experience with configuration management platforms (i.e. Ansible, Puppet or Salt) • Knowledge of networking, both TCP and UDP 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 candidates 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.