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.

Your Impact

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Our culture is one of teamwork, innovation and meritocracy. We often say our people are our greatest asset and we take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally. From collaborative work spaces and mindfulness classes to working from home and flexible work options, we offer our people the support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office.

Goldman Sachs has launched an initiative to become the top provider in equities trading by building superior technology and delivering high quality products. This vision is a multi-year investment 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 Goldman Sachs to achieve and exceed our goals.

This team is accountable for platform architecture evolution to meet the evolving needs of different business lines globally with rapid software deployment. As stewards of critical components in order execution and post-trade, the team is accountable for a high degree of software quality. The team consists of self-guided pragmatic individuals who are motivated to change the status quo in calculated ways. As a member of the team, you will play an integral role working closely with our global counterparts and the trading desks. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for technology and the markets, with individuals who thrive in a fast-paced changing environment. The team takes a data driven approach to decision making and you should be willing to participate in the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, support, and monitoring trading performance for systems and strategies used by our clients.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build and maintain high-performance, low latency C++ exchange connectivity platform.
• 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.

Experience/Skills

• Excellent academic record in a relevant technical field, e.g. Comp Sci, Engineering, Mathematics or Physics
• 2+ years of experience developing large-scale applications, ideally in C++
• Strong knowledge of object oriented programming, data structures, algorithms and design patterns
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team
• Experience working with end users

Experience of the following would be advantageous:

• Experience with exchange connectivity systems.
• Knowledge of protocols such as FIX, ITCH, SBE etc..
• Securities/trading experience.
• Multi-threaded/concurrent programming.
• C++ performance tuning.
• Low-latency systems, including messaging, network protocols, network I/O in C/C++, JNI.
• Hardware stack and hardware architecture from a latency perspective.
• Know your way around a Linux terminal.

Goldman Sachs Engineering Culture

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.

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