Job Description
Overview
We are seeking an experienced developer passionate about low-level coding to design and optimize high-performance, mission-critical systems on Linux. You will work close to the metal across kernel and user space, focusing on performance, reliability, and deterministic latency. Experience in financial markets is a strong plus, but not required.
What You Will Do
Design, build, and optimize high-performance services in: C, C++, and Java.
Engineer performance-critical components across user space and kernel interfaces, emphasizing memory, scheduling, I/O, and networking paths.
Develop and tune networking pipelines, including multicast and unicast UDP and TCP, with careful socket, buffer, and NIC configuration.
Implement kernel-bypass or fast-path networking where appropriate (for example, DPDK, netmap, XDP), including queue, NIC offload, and CPU affinity strategies.
Contribute to or interact with Linux kernel subsystems: memory management, scheduler, device drivers, and filesystems (VFS).
Optimize systems for latency and determinism: CPU isolation, thread pinning, NUMA locality, cache awareness, lock contention reduction, and memory allocator tuning.
Apply distributed systems patterns such as sequencer (virtual synchrony) for total ordering and consistency where required.
Profile, measure, and debug using tools such as perf, ftrace, eBPF, perf_events, tcpdump, and flame graphs to find and eliminate bottlenecks.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infra, and operations to deliver robust production systems with clear SLOs and runbooks.
Uphold high code quality through reviews, benchmarks, reproducible performance tests, and documentation.
How You Will Work
You value measurement over assumption, using benchmarks and profiles to drive decisions.
You communicate tradeoffs clearly (throughput vs. latency, CPU vs. memory, complexity vs. resilience).
You write clear documentation, reproducible test harnesses, and actionable runbooks.
You collaborate closely, give and receive constructive code reviews, and mentor peers.
Minimum Qualifications
Expert-level proficiency in at least one of: C, C++, or Java.
Excellent understanding of Linux kernel internals, including:
Memory management and allocators.
Device driver model and driver interactions.
Scheduler behavior and tuning.
Filesystems and VFS concepts.
Depth in at least one of the following tracks (pick one or more):
High-performance networking:
Strong practical experience with UDP (multicast and unicast) and TCP networking.
Socket options, buffer sizing, epoll, busy polling, NAPI, NIC queues, and RSS.
Familiarity with kernel-bypass mechanics (for example, DPDK, netmap) and XDP.
Low-latency engineering:
End-to-end latency optimization, jitter reduction, and deterministic execution.
CPU pinning, interrupt affinity, NUMA, cache friendliness, lock-free or wait-free techniques, careful memory management, and lightweight logging.
Distributed systems (sequencer and virtual synchrony patterns):
Sequencer-based total order broadcast, membership, failure handling, and consistency guarantees.
Tradeoffs between latency, throughput, ordering, and availability in practical systems.
Strong debugging and profiling skills on Linux, including tool-driven investigations.
Solid understanding of concurrency, synchronization primitives, and memory models.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in financial markets and trading infrastructures (for example, market data, order routing, exchange connectivity, FIX or exchange-native protocols).
Familiarity with time synchronization for low-latency environments (for example, PTP).
Experience with eBPF and tracing for observability in production.
Knowledge of RDMA or kernel networking internals beyond the socket API.
Experience writing or maintaining kernel modules or device drivers.
Familiarity with NIC offloads and tuning (TSO, LRO, RFS/RPS, interrupt moderation).
Experience with deterministic GC tuning (if using Java) and low-latency JVM practices.
Benchmarking methodology knowledge: workload design, repeatability, variance analysis, and flame graph interpretation
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.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. : https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html
© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
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.
Benefits at Goldman Sachs
Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
Opportunity Overview CORPORATE TITLE Vice President OFFICE LOCATION(S) Sydney JOB FUNCTION Software Engineering DIVISION Global Banking & Markets
We are seeking an experienced developer passionate about low-level coding to design and optimize high-performance, mission-critical systems on Linux. You will work close to the metal across kernel and user space, focusing on performance, reliability, and deterministic latency. Experience in financial markets is a strong plus, but not required.
What You Will Do
Design, build, and optimize high-performance services in: C, C++, and Java.
Engineer performance-critical components across user space and kernel interfaces, emphasizing memory, scheduling, I/O, and networking paths.
Develop and tune networking pipelines, including multicast and unicast UDP and TCP, with careful socket, buffer, and NIC configuration.
Implement kernel-bypass or fast-path networking where appropriate (for example, DPDK, netmap, XDP), including queue, NIC offload, and CPU affinity strategies.
Contribute to or interact with Linux kernel subsystems: memory management, scheduler, device drivers, and filesystems (VFS).
Optimize systems for latency and determinism: CPU isolation, thread pinning, NUMA locality, cache awareness, lock contention reduction, and memory allocator tuning.
Apply distributed systems patterns such as sequencer (virtual synchrony) for total ordering and consistency where required.
Profile, measure, and debug using tools such as perf, ftrace, eBPF, perf_events, tcpdump, and flame graphs to find and eliminate bottlenecks.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infra, and operations to deliver robust production systems with clear SLOs and runbooks.
Uphold high code quality through reviews, benchmarks, reproducible performance tests, and documentation.
How You Will Work
You value measurement over assumption, using benchmarks and profiles to drive decisions.
You communicate tradeoffs clearly (throughput vs. latency, CPU vs. memory, complexity vs. resilience).
You write clear documentation, reproducible test harnesses, and actionable runbooks.
You collaborate closely, give and receive constructive code reviews, and mentor peers.
Minimum Qualifications
Expert-level proficiency in at least one of: C, C++, or Java.
Excellent understanding of Linux kernel internals, including:
Memory management and allocators.
Device driver model and driver interactions.
Scheduler behavior and tuning.
Filesystems and VFS concepts.
Depth in at least one of the following tracks (pick one or more):
High-performance networking:
Strong practical experience with UDP (multicast and unicast) and TCP networking.
Socket options, buffer sizing, epoll, busy polling, NAPI, NIC queues, and RSS.
Familiarity with kernel-bypass mechanics (for example, DPDK, netmap) and XDP.
Low-latency engineering:
End-to-end latency optimization, jitter reduction, and deterministic execution.
CPU pinning, interrupt affinity, NUMA, cache friendliness, lock-free or wait-free techniques, careful memory management, and lightweight logging.
Distributed systems (sequencer and virtual synchrony patterns):
Sequencer-based total order broadcast, membership, failure handling, and consistency guarantees.
Tradeoffs between latency, throughput, ordering, and availability in practical systems.
Strong debugging and profiling skills on Linux, including tool-driven investigations.
Solid understanding of concurrency, synchronization primitives, and memory models.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in financial markets and trading infrastructures (for example, market data, order routing, exchange connectivity, FIX or exchange-native protocols).
Familiarity with time synchronization for low-latency environments (for example, PTP).
Experience with eBPF and tracing for observability in production.
Knowledge of RDMA or kernel networking internals beyond the socket API.
Experience writing or maintaining kernel modules or device drivers.
Familiarity with NIC offloads and tuning (TSO, LRO, RFS/RPS, interrupt moderation).
Experience with deterministic GC tuning (if using Java) and low-latency JVM practices.
Benchmarking methodology knowledge: workload design, repeatability, variance analysis, and flame graph interpretation
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.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. : https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html
© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
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.
Benefits at Goldman Sachs
Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
Opportunity Overview CORPORATE TITLE Vice President OFFICE LOCATION(S) Sydney JOB FUNCTION Software Engineering DIVISION Global Banking & Markets
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Global Advisory & Markets – Sr Low Level Linux Systems Engineer, VP, Sydney position is now open for candidates interested in the Back Office Jobs sector. This role in Sydney offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Back Office Jobs is a plus.
