Futures Systems Engineer — VP, Real-Time Trading & Automation

Goldman Sachs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an experienced SRE/DevOps Engineer to join the Futures Mission Control team in London. You will manage production trading services, own system health metrics, and drive automation across multi-asset platforms to ensure reliability and performance.

You will diagnose complex production issues, coordinate incident responses, and oversee safe deployments while collaborating with trading desks, quantitative strategists, and technology teams to continuously improve resilience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is a plus.
• 2+ years of professional experience in an SRE, Production Engineering, or a DevOps role.
• Hands-on experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, C++) and a scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise tasks effectively.
• Proven experience supporting and maintaining high-availability production platforms.
• Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, protocols such as TCP/IP and FIX, and network topologies.

Responsibilities

• Production Management: Manage technical and operational risk for a fast-paced, multi-asset electronic trading business.
• System Ownership: Measure and monitor the availability, latency, performance, and overall health of our production trading services.
• DevOps & Configuration Management: Manage application configuration across production environments, maintain configuration-as-code practices, and drive the safe deployment of trading applications using Git-based workflows and SDLC tooling to ensure consistency, traceability, and operational excellence.
• Toil Reduction: Design, develop, and maintain software tools and frameworks to automate manual tasks and improve operational efficiency.
• Pre-Release Engineering: Support services before they go live through system design consulting, capacity planning, and rigorous release reviews.
• Change Management: Safely deploy certified code and new functionalities into the live trading environment.
• Collaboration: Act as a key liaison between trading desks, quantitative strategists, technology teams, and external vendors to resolve day-to-day technical issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive initiatives to enhance the stability, performance, and disaster-recovery readiness of supported platforms.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Bash

SRE

DevOps

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

Goldman Sachs is seeking an experienced SRE/DevOps Engineer to join the Futures Mission Control team in London. You will manage production trading services, own system health metrics, and drive automation across multi-asset platforms to ensure reliability and performance.

You will diagnose complex production issues, coordinate incident responses, and oversee safe deployments while collaborating with trading desks, quantitative strategists, and technology teams to continuously improve resilience