Goldman Sachs
Global Banking & Markets - Quantitative Developer, Systematic Market Making - Associate - London

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Who We Look For
Quantitative developers are at the cutting edge of our business, solving real-world problems through a variety of analytical methods. Working in close collaboration with traders and salespeople, your invaluable quantitative perspectives on complex financial and technical challenges will power our business decisions.
Our ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and problem-solving skills, drive to investigate and learn new ideas, and the judgement to deliver quick yet robust solutions.
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StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance, yet nimble and adaptive trading strategies for internal and external clients.
- Monitor trading performance for strategies daily and build algo customization based on clients’ needs.
- Utilize deep understanding of market structure, regulations, exchange service offerings and implement changes to these on an ongoing basis.
- Communicate with traders, sales, clients, and compliance officers about new feature requests, explanation of existing features, etc.
Basic Qualifications
- Advanced degree in relevant technical field such as Computer Science or Financial Technology.
- 2-5 years of relevant work experience.
- Proficiency in either Java or C++.
- Extensive experience with designing and implementing algorithms for US trading.
- Experience in data-driven trading strategy performance analysis and optimizations.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with building back testing for trading strategies.
- Experience with low latency trading strategy development.
- Experience supporting clients directly.
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.


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