The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Production Engineer, Global Banking & Markets, FICC Systematic Market Making (SMM) - Vice President / Associate

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$130K — $250K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of relevant work experience
  • Proficiency in Python, C, C++, Java, or shell scripting
  • Knowledge of algorithms and data structures
  • Experience with Linux internals or networking concepts
  • Strong analytical skills for high-pressure issue resolution
  • Solid communication and interpersonal abilities
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively

Responsibilities

  • Manage technical and operational risk in electronic trading
  • Develop software ensuring uptime and automation in services
  • Identify efficiency and cost-saving opportunities
  • Collaborate with software and infrastructure teams
  • Handle incident and crisis management
  • Participate in system design and capacity planning
  • Engage with FICC front office for business interactions

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional and personal growth
  • Diversity and inclusion initiatives
  • Training and development programs
  • Wellness and personal finance offerings
  • Mindfulness programs
Full Job Description
Job Description

Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities (FICC) 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 FICC 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.

Who We Look For

The FICC Systematic Market Making (SMM) business consolidates and expands the firm's electronic market making and algorithmic trade execution. As part of the SMM Engineering team, SMM Production Engineering partners with SMM Trading to develop and support the pricing and execution services for the firm and its clients. The team is primarily focused on site reliability engineering, including driving automation, improving real-time monitoring, developing metrics to track performance, and managing the release and deployment lifecycle. Team members help support the day-to-day operations of the trading desk and the electronic trading systems; the team is expected to interact closely with Trading & Sales business users.

Candidates must have the technical and analytical skills required to triage and resolve complex production issues and operate well in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. A propensity to automate manual tasks, appreciation for large-scale, distributed computing systems, and a willingness to develop using a wide range of languages and frameworks will be necessary to succeed in the role. As part of a global support team, you will provide operational and technical assistance for SMM applications and infrastructure, both for external clients and internal business users. In addition, you will oversee every component of the production system to identify and resolve production problems as well as assess risk of systems changes.

Job Summary
  • Technical and operational risk management of a fast-paced, multi-asset electronic trading business
  • Software development 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
  • Participation in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
  • Significant business interaction across FICC front office


Basic Qualifications
  • 5+ years' of relevant work experience
  • Proficiency in one of the following: Python, C, C++, Java, or shell scripting
  • 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 scope and impact of issues during high-pressure situations
  • Solid communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks effectively


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with distributed systems design, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  • Hands-on experience with debugging and optimizing code, as well as automation.
  • Knowledge of financial markets
  • FIX protocol knowledge


Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $130,000-$250,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments concerning mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, and restructurings and spin-offs; and underwriting services comprising public offerings and private placements of a range of securities, loans, and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company’s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution services, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as executes and clears institutional client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment originates longer-term loans; and invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, distressed assets, currencies, commodities, and power generation facilities. The company’s investment management segment provides investment products and services, as well as offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services.

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Size
45,100 employees
Market Cap
$115.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
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