Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading - Platform Engineer - Vice President - New York

 

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) has launched an initiative to become the top provider in Electronic US Listed Options 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 trading platform developers to join our growing team of visionaries, and drive Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading to achieve and exceed our goals.

 

Your Impact

The Derivs Automation team is responsible for building algo, smart order router, order management system, and internalization for US Listed Options trading. The team is responsible for gathering requirement from internal/external clients, designing and developing trading strategies and trading platform, and monitoring trading performance for strategies. The team     

interfaces with clients, sales, trading, compliance, legal and other starts & engineering teams in the firm on a regular basis. The team plays a critical role in driving our Electronic Options Trading business.

 

Responsibilities

Design, build and maintain a high-performance, yet nimble and adaptive trading platform for internal and external clients.Understand US Options market structure, regulations, exchange service offerings and implement changes to these on an on-going basis.Communication with traders, sales, clients and compliance officers about new feature requests, explanation of existing features etc. 

 

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Science/Engineering with 5 to 10 years of relevant work experience.Proficiency in either Java or C++Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms and design patternExperience with Linux operating systemExperience with developing order management system and exchange connectivity for US marketsStrong communication skills and the ability to work in a team

 

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Event Sourcing (Sequenced core stream) based architectureKnowledge about JVM internals and tuning for low-latencyExperience with building C++/Java systems with strict requirements for low-latency (microseconds count) and deterministic performance

 

 

 

Salary Range 
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $150000-$300000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits 
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.