Global Banking & Markets - FICC SMM XAsset Eng - Vice President

Job Description

You will be working on a team focused on electronic market making and execution. You will work with other engineers and traders to improve all aspects of price-making, risk management and execution. You ll do this with a keen eye on performance, guided by a robust measurement framework and lots of experimentation. You will have an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of how GS interacts with some of the most dynamic and liquid markets in the world. Responsibilities & Qualifications Principal Responsibilities 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. Experience/Skills 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. Experience of the following would be advantageous 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