Global Banking & Markets eTrading Engineer AssociateVice President London

GLOBAL BANKING AND MARKETS

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients which include corporations financial service providers and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world raise funding and manage risk. This is a dynamic entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets with individuals who thrive in fast-paced changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

WHAT WE DO

Engineers in the Systematic Market Making (SMM) team play an integral role on the trading floor. We develop and employ automated trading strategies for the firm and its clients. We build complex parallel computing architectures electronic trading tools and models to help us explain market behavior and predict price movement. Throughout the Global Banking and Markets Division (GBM) eTrading Engineers are using quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems. As an eTrading Engineer you will be building the foundational technologies to run those algorithms on markets around the world and to enable the research and analysis that support them. We are looking for developers who are interested in applying leading-edge technologies to solve problems in electronic a team of energetic self-motivated individuals we need someone who can take the initiative at any stage of the software cycle from inception through development to release and support. This role also interacts with a variety of other engineering trading and sales teams. The structure is flat and the successful candidate will be able to manage his or her time to have maximum impact.

YOUR IMPACT

You will be working on a team focused on electronic market making and execution. You will work with other engineers and traders to improve all aspects of price-making risk management and execution. Youll do this with a keen eye on performance guided by a robust measurement framework and lots of experimentation. You will have an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of how GS interacts with some of the most dynamic and liquid markets in the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Principal Responsibilities

• Drive the analysis design and implementation of high-performance e-trading system enhancements to optimize commercial outcomes and market making capabilities.
• Ensure the safety reliability and resilience of critical trading infrastructure through rigorous testing and deployment practices.
• Collaborate effectively with traders quantitative researchers and other engineering teams to deliver innovative solutions that address complex business problems.
• Strategically prioritize and manage projects balancing immediate business needs with long-term architectural goals and technological advancements.

Experience/Skills

• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong focus on high-performance low-latency systems.
• Strong academic foundation in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Physics or a related analytical discipline.
• Expertise in Java and/or C with a proven track record in developing and optimizing multi-threaded and concurrent applications.
• Demonstrated experience in economic trading or financial markets understanding the commercial implications of system performance and reliability.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets to derive actionable commercial insights and drive system improvements.
• Excellent communication collaboration and problem-solving skills.

Experience of the following would be advantageous:

• Deep understanding of low-latency system design including network protocols messaging frameworks and hardware architecture considerations.
• Proficiency with Linux environments and command-line tools for system analysis and debugging.
• Experience with performance tuning profiling tools and memory management for Java/C applications.