Global Banking & Markets - eTrading Engineer - Associate/Vice President - London

GLOBAL BANKING AND MARKETS

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

WHAT WE DO

Engineers in the Systematic Market Making (SMM) team play an integral role on the trading floor. We develop and employ automated trading strategies for the firm and its clients. We build complex electronic pricing and trading systems, as well as tools to generate market signals. Throughout the Global Banking and Markets Division (GBM), eTrading Engineers use quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems. As an eTrading Engineer, you will be building the foundational technologies to run those algorithms on markets around the world and to enable the research and analysis that support them. We are looking for developers who are interested in applying leading-edge technologies to solve problems in electronic trading. In a team of energetic, self-motivated individuals, we need someone who can take the initiative at any stage of the software cycle, from inception through development to release and support. This role also involves interaction with a variety of other engineering, strats, trading, and sales teams. The structure is flat, and the successful candidate will be able to manage their time for maximum impact.

YOUR IMPACT

You will be working on a team focused on electronic market making and execution. You will work with other engineers and traders to improve all aspects of price-making, risk management and execution. You’ll do this with a keen eye on performance, guided by a robust measurement framework and lots of experimentation. You will have an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of how GS interacts with some of the most dynamic and liquid markets in the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Principal Responsibilities

• Drive the analysis, design, and implementation of high-performance e-trading system enhancements to optimize commercial outcomes and market making capabilities.
• Ensure the safety, reliability, and resilience of critical trading infrastructure through rigorous testing and deployment practices.
• Collaborate effectively with traders, quantitative researchers, and other engineering teams to deliver innovative solutions that address complex business problems.
• Strategically prioritize and manage projects, balancing immediate business needs with long-term architectural goals and technological advancements.

Experience/Skills

• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on high-performance, low-latency systems.
• Strong academic foundation in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related analytical discipline.
• Expertise in Java and/or C++, with a proven track record in developing and optimizing multi-threaded and concurrent applications.
• Demonstrated experience in electronic trading or financial markets, understanding the commercial implications of system performance and reliability.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets to derive actionable commercial insights and drive system improvements.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Experience of the following would be advantageous:

• Deep understanding of low-latency system design, including network protocols, messaging frameworks, and hardware architecture considerations.
• Proficiency with Linux environments and command-line tools for system analysis and debugging.
• Experience with performance tuning, profiling tools, and memory management for Java/C++ applications.