Site Reliability Engineer, Global Banking & Markets, Frontline Production Engineering New York [...]

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; 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

Site Reliability Engineer, Global Banking & Markets, Frontline Production Engineering location_on New York, NY, United States

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. Drive new businesses, redefine finance using AI, and seize opportunities at market speed.

In an era defined by AI, Engineering isn't just central – it's thedriving forcebehind our business. Our dynamic environment demands innovative strategic thinking and immediate, impactful solutions. Ready to push the limits of digital possibility? Begin your journey here.

Securities Frontline Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) play a critical role in our fast-paced trading environment. TheFrontline SRE Production Engineeringteam owns the reliability, scalability, and operation of automated trading systems in the production environment. This high-impact role bridges the gap between various teams, such as software engineering, client coverage, compliance, and trading operations. We analyze real-time trading issues, build software tools to eliminate operational toil, and manage robust UAT and Production environments. We constantly challenge the status quo, applying modern software engineering principles to ensure our trading platforms remain resilient and highly scalable.

Who We Look For

As a Frontline SRE, you will be embedded directly within the firm's Global Banking & Markets business. You will play an active role in identifying and resolving inefficiencies in our daily support and operational workflows.

By participating in day-to-day operations, you will diagnose complex system behaviors, coordinate incident responses, manage post-mortems, and oversee safe software deployments. Leveraging your interest in financial markets and the insights gained from managing our production systems, you will directly influence, design, and implement enhancements to our electronic trading product offerings.

We look for creative, collaborative engineers who thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments. Ideal candidates are innovators and problem-solvers who possess:

• A strong passion for automation, system efficiency, and clean code.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement and challenging manual processes.

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

• 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.

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 is a plus (e.g., Java, C++) and a scripting language is a must (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.
• Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Strong understanding of 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.

Salary Range

The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $130,000-$250,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits

Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here .

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

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

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 Services

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).

Child Care & Family Care

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

Read more about the full suite of class‑leading benefits our firm has to offer.