Eqs GSET Algo Strats Asia - Associate

• Build best in class algorithmic trading offering to Goldman Sachs electronic trading clients
• Design, build and maintain highly specialized, low latency Equities trading strategies/platform
• Participate in the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, support, and monitoring trading performance for systems and strategies used by our clients.
• Use data to guide decision-making, developing or enhancing tools as necessary to collect it
• Work closely with Quants to implement and rigorously back test signals and models
• Observe, measure and act proactively to continuously improve performance of trading strategies
• Communication with traders, sales, clients and compliance officers about new feature requests, explanation of existing features etc

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience developing high performance, low latency systems
• Ability to understand large/complex codebase and write code which is performant and thoroughly tested
• Thorough knowledge of Java or C++ programming concepts
• Strong knowledge of object oriented programming, data structures, algorithms and design patterns
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building API s for trading systems or real time messaging systems.
• Experience building tools for performance analysis, back testing and visualization
• Background in statistics and data driven performance analysis and optimizations
• Programming experience in Java/C++
• Good knowledge of performance tuning for low latency and GC-free real-time operation
• Linux systems programming experience including memory management, concurrent programming infrastructure, and the networking stack
• Over 3 years relevant experience in Financial industry (algorithmic trading, automation of trader workflows, HFT strategies)
• Familiarity with Global Equities Markets