Global Banking & Markets, Systematic Market Making Quantitative Engineers, analyst / Associate, London

Requirements

• Analyze trading system performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Generate ideas for system enhancements that drive commercial performance.
• Implement, test and deploy these ideas.
• Improve the safety and reliability of trading systems.
• Work constructively in collaboration with other team members.
• Manage work to balance the short-term needs of the business with strategic enhancements.
• Strong academic background in Computer Science or an analytical field such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, etc.
• Strong software engineering background.
• Proven ability to analyze data and draw useful commercial conclusions.
• Good communication skills.

Nice to Haves

• Securities/trading experience.
• Multi-threaded/concurrent programming.
• Java/C++ performance tuning.
• Low-latency systems, including messaging, network protocols, network I/O in Java, C/C++, JNI.
• Hardware stack and hardware architecture from a latency perspective.
• Know your way around a Linux terminal.

What You'll Be Doing

• Working on a team focused on electronic market making and execution.
• Improving all aspects of price-making, risk management, and execution.
• Developing a deep understanding of how GS interacts with dynamic and liquid markets.

Perks and Benefits

• Opportunity to work with leading-edge technologies in electronic trading.
• Collaboration with energetic, self-motivated individuals in a flat structure.
• Manage your time effectively to have a maximum impact.