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Goldman Sachs
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- Goldman Sachs - London
MORE ABOUT THIS JOB
Application Opening Date: 08 May 2018
Application Closing Date: 04 June 2018
Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Full time
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 are looking 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 IMPACT
The Core 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 large number 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.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
HOW YOU WILL FULFIL YOUR POTENTIAL
– Develop the core of our in-house 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 ARE LOOKING FOR
– Strong academic record with Bachelor’s level or equivalent in Engineering, Technology or a related discipline required
– Prior software engineering/development experience gained from working within investment banking/financial services/digital industries required
– Strong experience developing multi-threaded, high-performance software in C++ required
– Prior experience working with electronic trading components, FIX connectivity required
– Strong familiarity with Linux, Windows required
– Experience of working with market data and large data sets required
– Knowledge of Java, Junit, Python, Perl, Bash, Git/Jenkins required
– Strong project management experience with demonstrated focus on implementation/delivery required
– Experience with design patterns, testing, maintenance required
– High desire to produce organised, readable and maintainable software
– Demonstrable involvement with process improvement and cost reduction initiatives required
– Effective communicator in both written and verbal mediums
– Proven problem solving ability with critical, creative thinking and analytical skills
– Ability to balance multiple, time-sensitive projects while maintaining a longer term, strategic focus
– A passion for taking ownership of a software stack and developing it to its full potential
– Must be a team player
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.
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