Research Technology Developer Singapore

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
Virtu’s Research Technology team is looking for a passionate developer to support our ever-expanding research infrastructure. This team forms a small group of technologists whose primary function is developing tools that support Virtu’s Quantitative Strategists and Traders. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a leading trading firm on development projects that will directly impact the firm’s success.
In this role, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of our research platform with a particular focus on our main research & monitoring database built on OpenText Vertica. This database is used by hundreds of internal users and is a critical part of our infrastructure. It is used by our quants and traders for live monitoring and for resarching new ideas and trading strategies.
As a team, we mostly use Python, C++ , Java and SQL with a variety of open-source tools along with proprietary solutions.
THE ROLE
Develop, maintain and suppport tools to transform and load hundreds of terabytes of data daily into our main research & monitoring database
Support, trouble shoot and performance tune our Vertica databases
Develop tools to organize, manage and ensure the quality of petabytes of market data using distributed file systems and databases
Create & support tools for all stages of the simulation lifecycle including historical back-tests and production monitoring
Proactively engage with our quants and traders to help identify and execute requirements
Improve quality of work product for our trading teams and the wider development community at Virtu by encouraging the best development practices and keeping up to date with new language features and frameworks
THE CANDIDATE
Experience in managing and working with large datasets and SQL-like databases
Strong programming skills: fluency in Python and knowledge of C++ or Java
Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to solve technical problems under pressure
Great communication skills and the ability to collaborate with peers
Intellectually curious and self-motivated
Ability to communicate within and across teams, at a high and low level, on both technical and non-technical subjects
Desire to assume responsibility and ownership for the success and progression of the research tech ecosystem
Familiarity with Unix/Linux environment and tools
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.
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