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.
Futures 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 Futures 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.

JOB SUMMARY

• Technical and operational risk management of a fast-paced, multi-asset electronic trading business
• Analysis focused on creating sustainable systems and services that meet uptime and performance requirements through automation
• Finding opportunities for efficiency and cost savings in support process and physical environment
• Partnering with software and infrastructure owners to solve hardware/network issues
• Incident and crisis management
• Significant business interaction across Futures front office
• Participation in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 1+ year (Analyst) / 3+ years (Associate) of relevant work experience in a technical role such as software engineering, site reliability engineering, or systems engineering.
• Strong aptitude for algorithms, data structures, and software design.
• Experience with Linux operating system internals and/or networking concepts
• Strong analytical skills, with an ability to quickly identify the scope and impact of issues during high-pressure situations.
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks effectively in a dynamic environment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with distributed systems design, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge in one of the following: SQL, Python, C, C++, Java, or shell scripting
• Hands-on experience with debugging and optimizing code, as well as automation.
• Knowledge of financial markets
• FIX protocol knowledge

Please refer the Job description for details