Job Description

Who We Are: Market Data Engineering

Market Data Engineering is part of the firm's Data Engineering group handling global access to financial market data sourced both internally and externally from the firm. The team is currently undertaking a project to revolutionize data ingestion, curation and distribution and is looking for talented engineers to ensure delivery success!

Your Impact

This is a rare opportunity to work on the internals of a time-series database engine for real-time data. With capture rates of over 1Tb per day, and data stores containing over 1Pb, this requires highly efficient, scalable software. We are looking for a developer with strong technical skills, who would like innovate using the latest ideas in distributed computing to drive the platform forwards.


The database is used by trading desks and other users for the recording and analysis of market data. We work closely with these users to meet their needs in terms of timely data access and processing. We are developer-maintainers and hence develop all the tools to deploy and maintain the infrastructure ourselves.


We are a key part of GS's financial cloud strategy. We are actively developing this database in AWS for use by both internal and external clients. See https://developer.gs.com/discover/data.

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 and external users to meet 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 and Experience We're Looking For

Basic Qualifications

3 - 8 years' experience developing high-performance 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, time-sensitive projects while maintaining a longer term, strategic focus

Preferred Qualifications

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

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance
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.


Holiday & Vacation Policies
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.


Financial Wellness & Retirement
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.


Health Services
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.


Fitness
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Child Care & Family Care
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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Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Vice President
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
London
JOB FUNCTION
Software Engineering
DIVISION
Engineering Division