Global Banking & Markets Software Engineer Associate London

What We Do

At Goldman Sachs our Engineers dont 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. Create new businesses transform finance and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.

Our Impact Repo Engineering

The Repurchase Agreement (Repo) desk is a key trading desk within the Global Banking & Markets Division playing a critical role in short-term funding markets and securities financing.

The Repo business is extremely focused on Technology. As the Repo Market continues its rapid shift to electronic trading the ability to scale automate and innovate is critical to grow the business and extend our competitive edge. From building intelligent automation tools powered by AI improving sales and trading workflows and expanding our electronic architecture to new platforms and markets this role provides many challenging and rewarding opportunities to drive the Repo business forward.

It is a fast-paced environment where individuals with strong development and interpersonal skills gain a unique insight into how financial markets work. Our team members have the opportunity to work at the forefront of technology innovation.

Your Impact

We are seeking a dynamic entrepreneurial and hands-on individual to join the Repo Engineering team. You will support a wide range of applications including trading and inventory management systems new business development initiatives and electronic trading platforms working directly with traders salespeople and other engineers.

You will directly experience the impact of your work as you see the Repo business use your systems on a daily basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop software solutions that enable electronic trading automate workflows and scale the Repo business
• Partner closely with traders and salespeople to understand the business and their workflows
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle from requirements gathering and design through implementation testing and production support
• Contribute to code quality through design reviews code reviews and automated testing

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a closely related field
• Minimum 1 year of experience in software development
• A solid understanding of object-oriented programming skills (Java Python C#) including data structures and algorithms
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot or similar)
• Energetic self-directed and self-motivated
• Experience collaborating in global teams and possesses strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge or interest in trading technologies in the front-office of a trading organization
• Prior experience working on high-availability critical systems
• Familiarity with Git awareness of CI/CD and other modern SDLC practices
• Experience in modern message-oriented middleware e.g. Kafka
• Competence across multiple application tiers