Software Engineer - GUI Desktop Application (C#)

Virtu Financial • New York, NY

131d • $130,000 - $180,000

About The Position

As a leading financial technology firm, we leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver liquidity to global markets as well as innovative, transparent trading solutions and industry standard-setting analytics tools 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 offers a dynamic, meritocratic environment with a flat hierarchy. No finance background is necessary or expected. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to kick start a career in the financial technology space.

Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree with 2+ years of experience
• Proven results delivering multi-threaded, high performance user interfaces in C#
• Strong understanding of Core C# .NET technology for both GUI and Server side development.
• Experience leveraging .NET memory and performance profiling technology
• Self-starter and stand-out contributor who has a real passion for technical excellence
• Proficient in object oriented programming and advanced programming languages (especially Java or WPF)
• Knowledge of financial markets and trading systems is a big plus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• Previous experience with enterprise production environments, including understanding of operational support issues
• Experience with unit testing

Responsibilities

• Scale up capacity and performance of C# software components and end user experiences through Agile development methods.
• Make an impact by evaluating and recommending new technologies and optimal design of next generation features.
• Be a great teammate and effective communicator across teams.
• Handle multiple concurrent projects while adapting quickly to changing priorities.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $130,000 - $180,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees