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CORPORATE TITLEVice President
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OFFICE LOCATION(S)New York
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JOB FUNCTIONQuantitative Engineering
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DIVISIONGlobal Banking & Markets
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Goldman Sachs Electronic Market Making – Software Engineer – Vice President – New York
The Electronic Market Making (EMM) group is embarking on a major, multi-phase ETF initiative. As part of this effort, we are seeking a senior-level engineer to architect and build the foundational trading infrastructure that will power this new business line. This is a high-impact, self-directed role with no distinction between research and production environments.
We are a small team that demands a high level of ownership and accountability from each contributor, while strongly emphasizing collaboration and transparency. Engineers on the team are deeply involved in both software and strategy development. We are seeking a dedicated and ambitious engineer who thrives in a challenging environment and wants to make a meaningful impact at the firm.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a STEM discipline (Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or Engineering preferred) with 5 to 10 years of experience developing software architecture in C/C++
- Expert-level proficiency in C++ is mandatory — candidates whose experience is primarily in Java, managed languages, or cloud-native tooling will not be considered
- Proven track record of architecting and building high-performance trading systems and data infrastructure from scratch, including custom, bespoke solutions rather than reliance on off-the-shelf libraries or pre-packaged cloud tools
- Strong low-level system design capabilities, including memory management, concurrency, and performance optimization
- Demonstrates consistent quality in a fast-paced environment with quick turnaround from testing to production implementation
- Highly conscientious in maintaining operational robustness while evolving and upgrading current architecture to support future phases (e.g., international ETF expansion)
- Thrives in a collaborative setting where ideas are openly discussed and challenged
- Candidates are expected to take an active interest in shaping strategy decisions beyond technical implementation
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in Telecom, Physics research, or Mathematics research environments where low-level, high-performance system engineering is the norm
- Experience building and maintaining high-performance research infrastructure for very large data inputs
- Experience optimizing high-volume, low-latency trading components
- Familiarity with statistics and data-science methodologies
- Familiarity with Python and data-science packages (e.g., numpy, scikit-learn)
Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $150000-$300000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.
Benefits
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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.
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We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits
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Healthcare & Medical Insurance
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We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.
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Holiday & Vacation Policies
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We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.
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Financial Wellness & Retirement
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We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.
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Health Services
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We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.
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Fitness
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To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
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Child Care & Family Care
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We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.
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