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

Goldman Sachs • New York, NY

2d • $115,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Production Engineer will join Goldman Sachs’ Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities (FICC) Systematic Market Making (SMM) Engineering team, partnering with SMM Trading to develop and support pricing and execution services for the firm and its clients. The team focuses on site reliability engineering, including automation, real-time monitoring, performance metrics, and release and deployment lifecycle management. The role provides operational and technical assistance for SMM applications and infrastructure, supporting external clients and internal business users while overseeing production systems, resolving problems, and assessing the risks of system changes.

The position involves technical and operational risk management for a multi-asset electronic trading business, software development of sustainable systems and services that meet uptime and performance requirements, and work to improve support-process and physical-environment efficiency and cost effectiveness. The engineer partners with software and infrastructure owners to address hardware and network issues, participates in incident and crisis management, system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning, and interacts significantly with FICC front-office users. The role is based in New York, New York. The expected base salary is $115,000–$180,000, with possible discretionary bonus eligibility for active employees at fiscal year-end.

Requirements

• 4–7 years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in at least one of 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 and ability to quickly identify the scope and impact of issues under high-pressure conditions.
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Propensity to automate manual tasks, appreciation for large-scale distributed computing systems, and willingness to develop using a range of languages and frameworks.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and technical assistance for SMM applications and infrastructure for external clients and internal business users.
• Develop and support pricing and execution services in partnership with SMM Trading.
• Drive automation, improve real-time monitoring, develop performance metrics, and manage the release and deployment lifecycle.
• Oversee production-system components, identify and resolve production problems, and assess the risk of system changes.
• Triage and resolve complex production issues and support day-to-day operations of the trading desk and electronic trading systems.
• Manage technical and operational risk for a multi-asset electronic trading business.
• Develop sustainable systems and services that meet uptime and performance requirements through automation.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency and cost savings in support processes and the physical environment.
• Partner with software and infrastructure owners to resolve hardware and network issues.
• Participate in incident and crisis management.
• Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning.
• Interact with FICC front-office users, including Trading and Sales business users.

Benefits

• Goldman Sachs describes its benefits and wellness offerings as generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time U.S. employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus for employees active at fiscal year-end.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed