Sr. Software Engineer, Global Banking - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients.

We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversifiedclient base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.

For us, it's all about bringing together people who are curious, collaborative and have the drive to make things possible for our clients and communities.


YOUR IMPACT

This is an exciting opportunity to take on the challenge of the capture and analysis of high-volume real-time market data.

With capture rates of over 1Tb per day, and data stores containing over 1Pb, this requires highly efficient, scalable software.

We arelooking for a developer with strong technical skills, who would like innovate using the latest ideas in distributed computing to solve problems for the business and drive our data platform forwards.


OUR VALUE

The Franchise Data Strategies group is a small team of dedicated people who target the data needs and requirements of Goldman Sachs' front office.

We deliver technology driven solutions for normalizing and analyzing real-time and reference data from a largenumber of sources, both inside and outside of the firm.


These include:
Reuters, Bloomberg, MarkIT, MSCI, Computstat, CapIQ, Axioma and IBES to name but a few.

HOW YOU WILL FULFIL YOUR POTENTIAL:

  • Develop the core of our in-house C++ distributed database so it can fulfil its goals in terms of performance and scalability
  • Work with the front office to meet the business needs for data analytics and performance
  • Develop and improve our operational tools to solve infrastructure issues and analyse performance bottlenecks.
  • Provide support for our global infrastructure

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Basic Qualifications:


  • 36 years' experience developing highperformance software in C++ or Java
  • A strong desire to produce organised, readable and maintainable software
  • Effective communicator in both written and verbal mediums
  • Proven problem solving ability with critical and creative thinking
  • Ability to balance multiple, timesensitive projects while maintaining a longer term, strategic focus

Preferred Qualifications:


  • Knowledge of Java, Python, Javascript, SQL/No-SQL databases, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Knowledge of Strong Linux knowledge
  • A passion for taking ownership of a software stack and developing it to its full potential
  • Prior experience working on electronic trading systems or data feeds

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow.

Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York,we maintain offices around the world.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2021. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

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