What We Do

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.

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET), 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.

Who We Look For

Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

Technology is at the heart of our multi-billion dollar business. Our engineers develop low latency, scalable, and resilient solutions which drive global equities sales and trading at Goldman Sachs.

Equities Engineers focus on designing, developing and maintaining the global infrastructure which underpins Equities sales and trading at Goldman Sachs. These engineers work across a variety of problem domains and software stacks to create leverage in our various Equities cash and derivatives business lines. These problem spaces include:

• High-throughput, low latency order management and electronic trading platform
• Client Connectivity of all clients to the various GS platform via FIX
• Exchange Connectivity of all the various Asia Exchanges using native exchange protocol for trading connectivity and market data connectivity
• Adaptable algorithmic trading platforms
• Smart Order Routing and Internalization Trading Platform
• Adaptive, robust trading controls
• Workflow management platforms
• Pricing, risk and booking systems

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

• Platform feature development across the execution stack (order management, client connectivity, exchange connectivity, algorithmic trading, smart order routing, trading controls)
• Building and maintaining core technical infrastructure for high-performance, low-latency trading systems
• Execution stack hygiene and governance including system capacity, resilience, and BCP exercises
• SDLC efficiency improvements and engineering automation
• Test engineering and quality assurance

Skills and Experience We Are Looking For

• Solid industry experience programming in Java and/or C++
• Clear understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Familiarity with core programming concepts and techniques (e.g. concurrency, memory management)
• Experience developing in a Linux or UNIX environment
• Ability to independently gather requirements, design technical specifications, and architect robust solutions
• Strong analytical skills to identify root causes and evaluate strategic solutions for complex technical challenges
• Familiarity with common design patterns, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Agile methodologies
• Comfort with standard SDLC tools, e.g. version control systems, diff-ing tools
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Enthusiastic, proactive and driven individual with high degree of attention to detail
• Experience with several of the following:
  • Low latency development
  • OMS development
  • Real-time systems
  • Large-scale distributed systems
  • Event-sourced systems or sequencer-based architecture
  • Test engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree / Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
• Experience in a hands-on front-office development role
• Demonstrated passion for improving code quality, maintainability, and system reliability
• Good knowledge of performance tuning for low latency and GC-free real-time operation
• Linux systems programming experience including memory management, concurrent programming infrastructure, and the networking stack