Global Banking And Markets - Eqs GSET Algo Strats Asia - Vice President - Bengaluru

Job Description

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.

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) has launched an initiative to become the top provider in electronic trading by building superior technology and delivering high quality products. This vision is a multi-year investment in people, platforms and products. Join the team, and participate in the development and launch of best in class products for top clients across the industry. We are looking for eager, nimble and ambitious engineers to join our growing team of visionaries, and drive Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading to achieve and exceed our goals.

Your Impact

This team is accountable for platform architecture evolution to meet the evolving needs of different business lines globally with rapid software deployment. As stewards of critical components in order execution and post-trade, the team is accountable for a high degree of software quality. The team consists of self-guided pragmatic individuals who are motivated to change the status quo in calculated ways.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities And Qualifications

• Build best in class algorithmic trading offering to Goldman Sachs electronic trading clients
• Design, build and maintain highly specialized, low latency Equities trading strategies/platform
• Participate in the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, support, and monitoring trading performance for systems and strategies used by our clients.
• Use data to guide decision-making, developing or enhancing tools as necessary to collect it
• Work closely with Quants to implement and rigorously back test signals and models
• Observe, measure and act proactively to continuously improve performance of trading strategies
• Communication with traders, sales, clients and compliance officers about new feature requests, explanation of existing features etc.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience developing high performance, low latency systems
• Ability to understand large/complex codebase and write code which is performant and thoroughly tested
• Thorough knowledge of Java or C++ programming concepts
• Strong knowledge of object oriented programming, data structures, algorithms and design patterns
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building API’s for trading systems or real time messaging systems.
• Experience building tools for performance analysis, back testing and visualization
• Background in statistics and data driven performance analysis and optimizations
• Programming experience in Java/C++
• Good knowledge of performance tuning for low latency and GC-free real-time operation
• Linux systems programming experience including memory management, concurrent programming infrastructure, and the networking stack
• Over 3 years’ relevant experience in Financial industry (algorithmic trading, automation of trader workflows, HFT strategies)
• Familiarity with Global Equities 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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