Software Engineer, Global Banking & Markets, Electronic Trading

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in New York seeks a Software Engineer for Global Banking & Markets, Electronic Trading. Join a team building high-performance, low-latency trading platforms and APIs for US listed options, with data feeds and market connectivity.

You will work with Java or C++, Linux, and modern databases, collaborating with traders and engineers to deliver robust, scalable solutions in a fast-paced, global environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master degree in relevant technical fields such as Computer Science or Electronic Engineering.
• Proficiency in either Java or C++.
• Experience with Linux operating system.
• 3+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with developing order management system, exchange connectivity or market data feed for US Equities or Options markets.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance options trading platforms including market data and exchange connectivity for internal and external clients.
• Utilize understanding of US Options market structure, regulations, exchange service offerings and implement changes on an ongoing basis.
• Communicate with traders, sales, clients, and compliance officers about new feature requests and explanation of existing features.

Skills

Java

C++

Linux

Education

Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or Electronic Engineering

Job description

Software Engineer, Global Banking & Markets, Electronic Trading

New York, NY, United States

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.

Within our Global Banking & Markets business, Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) has launched an initiative to become the top provider in Electronic US Listed Options Trading by building superior technology and delivering high quality products. This vision is a multi-year investment in people, platforms, and products. Join our team and participate in the development and launch of best-in-class products for top clients across the industry.

Who We Look For

Our engineers are involved in the entire product life cycle, from working with users and product managers to determine requirements, collaborating with other engineers to develop new APIs and UIs, engaging with penetration testers to ensure security and data protection, to deploying your code to users across the globe. Our team works with modern Java, and C++ and uses a variety of databases, caches, and queues to solve specific problems. Within our team, you will have ample opportunities to be curious, to solve problems for our clients, and directly impact the success of our business.

We are looking for eager, nimble, and ambitious trading platform developers to join our growing team of visionaries, and drive Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading to achieve and exceed our goals.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance, yet nimble and adaptive Options trading platforms including market data and exchange connectivity for internal and external clients.


• Utilize good understanding of US Options 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

• Bachelor or Master degree in relevant technical fields such as Computer Science or Electronic Engineering.


• Proficiency in either Java or C++.


• Experience with Linux operating system.


• 3+ years of relevant work experience.


• Experience with developing order management system, exchange connectivity or market data feed for US Equities or Options markets.


• Strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Event Sourcing (Sequenced core stream) based architecture.


• Knowledge aboutJVM internalsandtuning forlow latencyapplications.


• Experiencewithbuilding C++/Java systems with strict requirements for low-latency (microseconds count) and deterministic performance.

Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $115,000-$180,000. 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 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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