What We Do At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers dont just make things - we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets. Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile, and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change, and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities?  Start here. Within our Global Banking &amp; Markets business, Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) has launched an initiative to become the top provider in Electronic US Listed Options Trading by building superior technology and delivering high quality products. This vision is a multi-year investment in people, platforms, and products. Join our team and participate in the development and launch of best-in-class products for top clients across the industry.    Who We Look For Our engineers are involved in the entire product life cycle, from working with users and product managers to determine requirements, collaborating with other engineers to develop new APIs and UIs, engaging with penetration testers to ensure security and data protection, to deploying your code to users across the globe. Our team works with modern Typescript, Java, and Python frameworks and uses a variety of databases, caches, and queues to solve specific problems. Within our team, you will have ample opportunities to be curious, to solve problems for our clients, and directly impact the success of our business. We are looking for eager, nimble, and ambitious trading platform developers to join our growing team of visionaries, and drive Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading to achieve and exceed our goals.   Responsibilities <ul> <li>Design, build, and maintain high-performance, yet nimble and adaptive Options trading strategies for internal and external clients.</li> <li>Monitor trading performance for strategies daily and build algo customization based on clients’ needs.</li> <li>Utilize deep understanding of US Options market structure, regulations, exchange service offerings and implement changes to these on an on-going basis.</li> <li>Communicate with traders, sales, clients, and compliance officers about new feature requests, explanation of existing features, etc.</li> </ul>   Basic Qualifications <ul> <li>Advanced degree in relevant technical field such as Computer Science or Financial Technology.</li> <li>5+ years of relevant work experience.</li> <li>Proficiency in either Java or C++.</li> <li>Extensive experience with designing and implementing algorithms for US trading.</li> <li>Experience in data-driven trading strategy performance analysis and optimizations.</li> <li>Strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.</li> </ul>   Preferred Qualifications <ul> <li>Experience with designing and implementing algorithms / smart order router for Agency business.</li> <li>Experience with building back testing for trading strategies.</li> <li>Experience with low latency trading strategy development.</li> <li>Experience supporting clients directly.</li> </ul> <div>   Salary Range The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $150,000-$300,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.   </div>The Derivs Automation team is responsible for building algo, smart order router, order management system, and internalization for US Listed Options trading. The team is responsible for gathering requirement from internal/external clients, designing and developing trading strategies and trading platform, and monitoring trading performance for strategies. The team  interfaces with clients, sales, trading, compliance, legal and other starts &amp; engineering teams in the firm on a regular basis. The team plays a critical role in driving our Electronic Options Trading business.