What We Do

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.

OUR IMPACT

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) strives to be the top provider in electronic trading by building superior technology and delivering high quality products by investing in people, platforms, and products. Join the team and participate in the development and launch of best-in-class products for top clients across the industry. We are looking for eager, nimble, and ambitious engineers to join our growing team of visionaries, and drive GSET to achieve and exceed our goals.

YOUR IMPACT

The GSET Platform team builds the core services and components of our electronic trading platform for our clients and trading desks, ranging from positions management & resource distribution through to client workflow management & controls. Our low latency platform is built with speed, reliability and resiliency in mind where every microsecond counts, and uptime is critical. We work directly with our traders & product development teams to build new functionality for clients, adapt the platform to meet regulatory & industry changes and expand into new markets.

As a member of the team, you will play an integral role on the trading floor. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for technology and the markets, with individuals who thrive in a fast-paced changing environment. You should be willing to participate in the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, support, and monitoring.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build and maintain high-performance, high-availability, high-capacity, yet nimble and adaptive Java based reference data platforms**.**
• Work in partnership with the wider engineering & product teams to design and implement best-in-class solutions.
• Work closely with our global counterparts to ensure we’re building features and systems that can be reused and leverage work and experience from the other regions.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR BASIC SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong Java programming skills with database experience
• Excellent academic record in a relevant technical field, e.g.

Comp Sci and Engineering:

• High desire to produce organized, readable, tested and maintainable software.
• Ability to balance multiple, time-sensitive projects while maintaining a longer term, strategic focus.
• Effective communicator in both written and verbal mediums.

BENEFICIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience working on reference data platforms for electronic trading.
• Knowledge of Kafka, SQL and/or Linux.
• Prior experience designing and implementing distributed systems modelling complex workflows.
• Prior experience in the financial industry.
• Understanding of common data structures and optimizations regarding memory and runtime performance.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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