London VP – Systematic Market Making Engineer (Low-Latency)

Goldman Sachs Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in London seeks a VP Software Engineer for Systematic Market Making to build and optimize low-latency trading systems on the global fixed income, currencies and commodities desk. You will work on automated strategies, performance measurement, and reliability on fast-moving electronic markets.

The role requires strong CS/quant background, Java/JVM and Linux expertise, with collaboration across trading, sales and technology teams to drive continuous improvements in price making and

Qualifications

• Strong academic background in Computer Science or quantitative field.
• Proven software engineering experience and low-latency systems.
• Ability to analyze data and draw commercial conclusions.
• Experience communicating technical topics to non-specialists.
• Collaborates with trading, sales and tech teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze trading system performance and identify improvements.
• Develop and deploy ideas to enhance price making and risk management.
• Tune and optimize distributed systems for deterministic performance.
• Work with traders and engineers to balance short-term needs with improvements.

Skills

CS background

Low latency

Multithreading

Java/JVM

Linux shell

Data analysis

Communication

Job description

Goldman Sachs in London seeks a VP Software Engineer for Systematic Market Making to build and optimize low-latency trading systems on the global fixed income, currencies and commodities desk. You will work on automated strategies, performance measurement, and reliability on fast-moving electronic markets.

The role requires strong CS/quant background, Java/JVM and Linux expertise, with collaboration across trading, sales and technology teams to drive continuous improvements in price making and