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Analytics Systems Developer - Equities Electronic Trading Goldman Sachs
New York, NY

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking and management services.

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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.

At Goldman Sachs, our culture is one of teamwork, innovation and meritocracy. We often say our people are our greatest asset and we take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally. From collaborative work spaces and mindfulness classes to working from home and flexible work options, we offer our people the support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office.

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.

As a member of the team, you will play an integral role on the trading floor. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for technology and the markets, with individuals who thrive in a fast-paced changing environment. The team takes a data driven approach to decision making and you should be willing to 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Responsibilities

* Design, build and maintain a high-performance, high-availability, high-capacity, yet nimble and adaptive platform for transaction cost analytics and execution research
* Develop highly reliable data ingestion processes to consume large volumes of data emitted by trading and market data systems.
* Design distributed computation infrastructure and libraries to run parallelized queries over large volumes of data.
* Design, build and maintain applications to monitor performance of trading strategies in relation to the market in real time.
* Use data to guide decision-making, developing or enhancing tools as necessary to collect it.
* 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
* 1 to 2 years of professional experience in a data engineering/analytics role
* Prior Experience with Python/Java/Scala based large scale streaming data analytics and storage solutions
* Strong knowledge of object oriented programming, data structures, algorithms and design patterns
* Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Experience in data driven performance analysis and optimizations.

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience building streaming data processing and ingestion pipelines
* Experience building distributed data processing systems which handle a high volume of client queries
* Knowledge and Experience with KDB
* Experience with Equities transaction and market data, Transaction Cost Analysis
* Prior experience building systems used by multiple technical and non-technical teams
* Over 3 years' experience in Financial industry

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2019. All rights reserved Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Vet.

About Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking and management services.

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