Who We Are

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.

Engineering is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. 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.

Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities (FICC) Engineering plays a key role in the firm’s
ability to provide liquidity and execution services for institutional clients around the world, two important revenue drivers for the firm. In FICC Engineering we use both open source industry standard and internal proprietary technologies to build cutting edge platforms for pricing, execution, and control over each of these millions of transactions.

 

Who We Look For

Rates SMM (Systematic Marketing Making) Engineering sits at the nexus of systematic pricing, human user-interface and client flow, connecting our clients with automated and human traders in a seamless, robust fashion. Candidates must be outstanding developers with a curiosity to understand financial markets. 

 

Responsibilities And Qualifications

Job Summary

Design and develop distributed real-time trading systems for FICC Rates US Trading business – Typically includes but not limited to – USTs (US Treasuries) , IRS (Interest Rate Swaps) Understand existing systems and flows and uplift them to a modern, scalable, architecture Creating low latency infrastructure for trading RFQs or streaming to clients/exchangePartner with global team and various other teams/vendors to execute on business objectives

Basic Qualifications

STEM degree Thorough knowledge of Java/C++ programming conceptsSelf Starter, curiosity and sense of ownershipStrong knowledge of object oriented programming, data structures, algorithms and design patternsExperience with Linux operating system internals and/or networking conceptsStrong communication skills 

 

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with real-time distributed systemsMulti-threaded/concurrent programmingLow-latency messaging, network protocols, network I/O in JavaStrong interpersonal skills, drive, and ownershipKnowledge of financial markets

 

Goldman Sachs Engineering Culture

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.

Engineering is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here!

 

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