Software Engineer, Global Banking & Markets, Electronic Trading

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Goldman Sachs is seeking a Software Engineer for Global Banking & Markets Electronic Trading in New York City to design, build, and maintain high performance Options trading platforms with market data and exchange connectivity. The role requires 3+ years of experience, proficiency in Java or C++, Linux, and hands on work with order management systems or market data feeds for US Equities or Options. You will collaborate across traders, sales, product, and security teams to implement new features and ensure data protection. Preferred qualifications include Event Sourcing architectures, JVM tuning for low latency, and C++/Java systems with deterministic microsecond performance. Tips: tailor your resume to show market structure knowledge, latency optimization, quantify outcomes, and demonstrate strong cross functional communication.

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. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.

Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile, and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change, and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities?  Start here.

Within our Global Banking & Markets business, 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 our team and participate in the development and launch of best-in-class products for top clients across the industry. 

Who We Look For

Our engineers are involved in the entire product life cycle, from working with users and product managers to determine requirements, collaborating with other engineers to develop new APIs and UIs, engaging with penetration testers to ensure security and data protection, to deploying your code to users across the globe. Our team works with modern Java, and C++ and uses a variety of databases, caches, and queues to solve specific problems. Within our team, you will have ample opportunities to be curious, to solve problems for our clients, and directly impact the success of our business.

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance, yet nimble and adaptive Options trading platforms including market data and exchange connectivity for internal and external clients.
• Utilize good understanding of US Options market structure, regulations, exchange service offerings and implement changes to these on an on-going basis.
• Communicate with traders, sales, clients, and compliance officers about new feature requests, explanation of existing features, etc.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master degree in relevant technical fields such as Computer Science or Electronic Engineering.
• Proficiency in either Java or C++.
• Experience with Linux operating system.
• 3+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with developing order management system, exchange connectivity or market data feed for US Equities or Options markets.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Event Sourcing (Sequenced core stream) based architecture.
• Knowledge about JVM internals and tuning for low latency applications.
• Experience 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 $115,000-$180,000. 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.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. 

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers. 

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