GBM - Eqs Custom Basket Strats - Bengaluru - Vice President - Quantitative Engineering
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.
Trading desk strategists are at the cutting edge of our business, solving real-world problems through a variety of analytical methods. Working in close collaboration with traders and salespeople, our help solve complex financial and technical challenges that power the businesses.
Within SPG, our team is responsible for utilizing modern and sophisticated technical and quantitative techniques to enhance and further develop custom basket offering. This includes applying quantitative analysis for creation of custom baskets along with automation of our quoting, hedging and risk management activities.
Your Impact
You’ll be part of a diverse and talented team, applying your advanced scientific training to tackle new and exciting problems within our Synthetic trading business.
Role Responsibilities
Develop and maintain analytical tools for SPG Custom baskets business
- Development of software infrastructure for pricing, quoting and hedging of Equity Custom Basket products
- Identify opportunity to improve sales and trading efficiency through automation and tooling
- Scale the business by increasing automated risk management for exposures to Equity, FX etc
- Collaborate closely with the trading team to ensure daily accurate risk management
- Form strong partnerships with trading, sales, quants, operations and engineering teams
Who We Look For
An ideal candidate would have strong quantitative and technical problem solving skills, drive to investigate and learn new ideas, and good judgement to deliver quick yet robust solutions.
Skills & Experience We’re Looking For:
- Strong academic background in a relevant field engineering, computer science, or mathematics
- Strong programming skills in a modern programming language (e.g. Python, Java) and familiarity with object-oriented design principles
- Ability to work as a member of a global team and deliver results quickly
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills
- Ability and willingness to pick up new business and/or technical knowledge
- Ability to work in a dynamic both on details and fast- paced environment and deliver accurate results quickly
- Ability to solve problems and to explain underlying ideas
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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Skills Required
- Strong academic background in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or a relevant field
- Strong programming skills in a modern programming language such as Python or Java
- Familiarity with object-oriented design principles
- Ability to work effectively as part of a global team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability and willingness to learn new business and technical concepts
- Ability to work in a dynamic, detail-oriented, fast-paced environment
- Ability to solve problems and explain underlying ideas
Goldman Sachs Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Goldman Sachs and has not been reviewed or approved by Goldman Sachs.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life and accident insurance, with multiple plan options and most premiums subsidized; coverage often starts on day one. Wellness resources, on-site health centers in some locations, and EAP access reinforce the depth of health support.
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Parental & Family Support — Family care includes on-site childcare in some offices, expectant parent resources, and transitional programs for returning parents. Feedback suggests parental leave is very generous, with reports of around 20 weeks paid leave and stipends for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility-related services.
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Retirement Support — The firm provides a 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions and broad financial education to help employees plan for retirement. Resources also support saving for education and preparing for unexpected events.
Goldman Sachs Insights
What We Do
At Goldman Sachs, we believe progress is everyone’s business. That’s why we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices in all major financial centers around the world. More about our company can be found at www.goldmansachs.com
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