Goldman Sachs - Global Banking & Markets – Electronic Trading Platforms
About Goldman Sachs
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.
About Electronic Trading
Goldman Sachs offers a suite of electronic trading products and platforms designed to provide clients with efficient access to global markets. This also includes sophisticated execution and algorithmic trading strategies to optimize execution performance across different market conditions, and advanced analytics. These products cater to a wide range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities. Goldman Sachs continually invests in its electronic trading infrastructure to provide clients with cutting-edge technology and a competitive edge in the global markets.
Your Impact
You will be working on building and enhancing platforms focused on electronic trading, market making and execution. You will work with other engineers and sales and trading teams to improve all aspects of execution, price-making and risk management. You’ll 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
- Design, build and maintain high performance, low latency trading platform which can evolve and adapt to changes in our fast-paced, global business environment.
- Analyze trading system performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Generate ideas for system enhancements that drive commercial performance.
- Implement, test and deploy these ideas.
- Improve the safety and reliability of trading systems.
- Manage work to balance the short-term needs of the business with strategic enhancements.
- Understand global market structure, regulations and exchange requirements.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering
A deep passion for technology and software development
Proficiency in C++
Sound understanding of multi-threaded application design and development and experience with lock-free data structures
Professional experience working with distributed systems
Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture, caches and memory subsystems and experience with micro-optimizations
Experience in low latency messaging, TCP/UDP tuning, Linux latency tunings is preferred
Experience with low latency trading platform is preferable but not necessary
Excellent communication skills
A self-starter, should have ability to work independently as well as thrive in a team environment
Goldman Sachs Engineering Culture
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. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.
Engineering is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here!
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- Passion for technology and software development
- Proficiency in C++
- Experience designing and developing multithreaded applications and lock-free data structures
- Professional experience with distributed systems
- Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture, caches, and memory subsystems, including micro-optimizations
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Experience with low-latency messaging, TCP/UDP tuning, and Linux latency tuning
- Experience with low-latency trading platforms
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 — Healthcare is described as offering multiple plan options with subsidized premiums and prescription coverage. Materials indicate there are no pre-existing condition limitations in the U.S. summary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are considered competitive, including employer 401(k) matching and access to financial education and planning resources. These features position long-term savings as a core component of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-support programs include paid parenting leave, family-care leave, and resources such as childcare support and lactation rooms in some offices. These offerings signal emphasis on supporting caregivers alongside work.
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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