Job Description
Your Impact
We are looking for a strong developer to join the FICC Portfolio Analytics team in New York to work on Lightning, a new infrastructure for real-time risk computation in the Global Markets Division. Lightning is a highly distributed and resilient state machine that provides near real-time updates on the key metrics that traders in Global Markets rely on to serve the clients of Goldman Sachs. The successful candidate will work closely with our users to add new features and deploy the platform across more desks.
How will you fulfill your potential?
- The candidate is required to provide technical leadership in driving key projects on FICC trading environment as well as supporting the day-to-day business of the desk
- Proactively engages with stakeholders through the SDLC of the projects
- Works with global teams on projects that will have global impact
- Influences current and future architecture choices as we are looking to adopt more modern platforms
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills including experience speaking to technical and business audiences and working globally
Basic Qualifications
- 1+ years of professional Java Development experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline
- Excellent understanding of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance
- Familiarity with automated testing, DevOps and Continuous Deployment
- Comfortable multi-tasking, managing multiple stakeholders and working as part of a team
- Strong communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in NoSQL data stores, e.g. Cassandra or MongoDB
- Experience in modern message oriented middleware, e.g. Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Experience in building and debugging distributed systems
- Experience in developing software for Akka or Vertx