What We Do

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.

Your Impact

With the SMM team our platform developers, researchers and traders co-own the trading business. As a trading group we aim to leverage best-in-class technology and quantitative approaches to produce scalable and repeatable returns across the assets we trade, as well as innovation in how the division provides liquidity to our client franchise. We are looking for someone with a passion for using technology to drive commercial results, to focus on building our equities systematic market making business. The team structure is designed to embrace hybrid skillsets across software development, quantitative research and trading.

Systematic Market Making – Equities

Equities SMM is a systematic market making business covering, equity stock, futures, and ETFs. SMM focuses on providing liquidity to clients, primarily via electronic channels, in stocks, futures and ETFs. Our mission is to grow liquidity provision, increase innovation across the division, generate trading revenues, and run systematic trading and risk management strategies. As an automated trading business, SMM manages both the financial and operational risks trading revenues and aims to keep manual intervention to a minimum.

Key Responsibilities

This is a developer role, within a fast-paced front office environment. A focus on our C++ framework and applications, developing complex features and improvements to business demands. 

A key contributor to the design and implementation of low-level platform improvements. Involved in close interaction with our research, trading teams. 

Skills And Experience

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented developer to join our team. This role is ideal for an individual with a strong foundational understanding of C++ and a keen interest in applying their skills in the financial markets. You will contribute to the development and optimization of our trading systems

Must-haves

• Programming Knowledge: A solid understanding of C++/Java programming languages, object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
• Software Development Projects: Demonstrated ability to contribute to software development projects, potentially including academic projects, internships, or open-source contributions.
• System Design: Basic understanding of high-performance application concepts and an interest in performance optimization.
• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with an eagerness to learn, ask questions, and collaborate effectively within a team environment.

Preferred-haves

• C++ Development Experience: 3+ years of professional experience in C++ based development
• Financial Markets Interest: A strong interest in financial markets, securities, or trading, with a willingness to learn about market making, risk management, and hedging algorithms.
• Exposure to Trading Systems: Familiarity with or an interest in real-time systems and low-latency requirements.
• Additional Technical Skills: Exposure to version control systems (e.g., Git), Linux environments, and scripting languages like Python.

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.

 

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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