Frontline SRE: Real-Time Trading Reliability Engineer

Goldman Sachs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for the Global Banking & Markets Frontline Production Engineering team based in New York. The role focuses on reliability, scalability, and automation of automated trading systems in a production environment.

The ideal candidate brings 4+ years in SRE/DevOps, hands-on OO programming (Java/C++), strong scripting (Python/Bash), and deep knowledge of SDLC, networking, and high-availability platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is a plus.
• At least 4 years of professional experience in an SRE, Production Engineering, or 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).
• Proven experience supporting and maintaining high-availability production platforms.
• Domain knowledge of US Equities and Options market microstructure and electronic trading.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Networking concepts, protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, FIX), and topologies is a plus.
• Experience with large-scale automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and release management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• System Ownership: Measure and monitor the availability, latency, performance, and overall health of our production trading services.
• 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, 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.
• Market Microstructure: Understand US Equities and Options market rules to effectively interact with exchanges and resolve execution issues.
• Automated Testing: Write and maintain automated checkout tests to validate environment health across trading sessions.

Skills

Object-oriented programming (Java, C++

Scripting (Python, Bash)

High-availability production platforms

SDLC & Git

Networking (TCP/IP, FIX)

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

Git

Job description

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for the Global Banking & Markets Frontline Production Engineering team based in New York. The role focuses on reliability, scalability, and automation of automated trading systems in a production environment.

The ideal candidate brings 4+ years in SRE/DevOps, hands-on OO programming (Java/C++), strong scripting (Python/Bash), and deep knowledge of SDLC, networking, and high-availability platforms.