Global Banking & Markets - Backend Developer, Systematic Market Making - London

Candidate Experience Site - Lateral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Backend Developer for Systematic Market Making in London. You will design, build, and maintain high-performance trading systems, collaborating with traders and engineers to deliver robust, low-latency infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical background with 2–5 years of experience in Java or C++, and a solid track record in backtesting and low-latency trading strategies within a financial context.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science or Financial Technology.
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in either Java or C++.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance trading systems.
• Monitor and optimize trading strategies for performance daily.
• Collaborate with traders, sales, and compliance on feature requests.

Skills

Java

C++

Backtesting

Low latency trading

Team collaboration

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science or Financial Technology

Job description

Global Banking & Markets - Backend Developer, Systematic Market Making - London

Job Description

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 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. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

Who We Look For

Quantitative developers 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, your invaluable quantitative perspectives on complex financial and technical challenges will power our business decisions.

Our ideal candidate will have strong a strong technical background and problem solving skills, drive to investigate and learn new ideas, and the judgement to deliver quick yet robust solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance, yet nimble and adaptive trading strategies for internal and external clients.
• Monitor trading performance for strategies daily and build algo customization based on clients’ needs.
• Utilize deep understanding of market structure, regulations, exchange service offerings and implement changes to these on an on-going basis.
• Communicate with traders, sales, clients, and compliance officers about new feature requests, explanation of existing features, etc.

Basic Qualifications

• Advanced degree in relevant technical field such as Computer Science or Financial Technology.
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in either Java or C++.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with building back testing for trading strategies.
• Experience with low latency trading strategy development.
• Experience supporting clients directly.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

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.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Job Info

• Job Identification 180755
• Job Category Vice President
• Posting Date 10/20/2026, 09:42 AM
• Locations London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Healthcare & Medical Services

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

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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