Global Banking & Markets - Quantitative Engineering - Trading Strats - Vice President - London

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment bank in London is seeking a Vice President in Quantitative Engineering. The role involves developing market making strategies, utilizing advanced statistical techniques and programming skills in languages like C++, Java, or Python. Ideal candidates should have a strong academic background in quantitative fields such as mathematics or physics. This position offers competitive benefits and a diverse work environment focused on inclusivity and professional growth.

Benefits

Generous vacation policies

Equity and investment management benefits

On-site fitness centers

Qualifications

• Excellent academic record in a quantitative field such as physics, mathematics, or engineering.
• Strong programming skills in an object-oriented or functional programming language.

Responsibilities

• Lead in building market making and quoting strategies across equities.
• Use quantitative techniques to drive systematic trading and risk management.
• Implement frameworks for centralized risk management.
• Build model calibration frameworks for statistical models.
• Develop market making strategy in collaboration with engineering teams.

Skills

Statistical analysis

C++

Java

Python

Education

Relevant quantitative field

Job description

Global Banking & Markets - Quantitative Engineering - Trading Strats - Vice President - London

Job Description

Job Description

In Goldman Sachs quantitative strategists are at the cutting edge of our businesses, solving real-world problems through a variety of analytical methods. Working in close collaboration with traders and sales, strats’ invaluable quantitative perspectives on complex financial and technical challenges power our business decisions.

We are a team of strategists who work to transform the Equity business through quantitative trading, automating the key decisions taken every day. Our team has a wide remit across product types such as stock, options, ETFs and futures, with strategies including market making, automatic quoting, central risk books, systematic trading and algorithmic execution, trading on venues around the world. We deploy statistical analysis techniques and mathematical models to improve business performance while working closely with traders and salespeople on the trading floor to bring value to our clients and the firm.

Role Responsibilities

• Take a leading role on our Quantitative Trading & Market Making desk, building market making and quoting strategies across equities products from cash to derivatives.
• Use advanced statistical analysis and quantitative techniques such as neural networks to build models that drive systematic strategies which make trading and risk management decisions in real time.
• Implement frameworks to manage risk centrally and build optimal portfolios across asset classes using factor models and other techniques.
• Build model calibration frameworks for our advanced statistical and AI models, operating at scale with large quantities of time series data.
• Drive our market making strategy development using a range of technologies, and collaborate closely with Quant Developers and core engineering teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Excellent academic record in a relevant quantitative field such as physics, mathematics, statistics, engineering or computer science.
• Strong programming skills in an object oriented or functional paradigm such as C++, Java or Python.

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 147765
• Job Category Vice President
• Posting Date 09/02/2025, 03:17 PM
• 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 provide 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).

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