Job Description
What We Do
At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.
OUR IMPACT
Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) strives to be the top provider in electronic trading by building superior technology and delivering high quality products by investing in people, platforms, and products. Join the team and participate in the development and launch of best-in-class products for top clients across the industry. We are looking for eager, nimble, and ambitious engineers to join our growing team of visionaries, and drive GSET to achieve and exceed our goals.
YOUR IMPACT
The GSET Platform team builds the core services and components of our electronic trading platform for our clients and trading desks, ranging from positions management & resource distribution through to client workflow management & controls. Our low latency platform is built with speed, reliability and resiliency in mind where every microsecond counts, and uptime is critical. We work directly with our traders & product development teams to build new functionality for clients, adapt the platform to meet regulatory & industry changes and expand into new markets.
As a member of the team, you will play an integral role on the trading floor. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for technology and the markets, with individuals who thrive in a fast-paced changing environment. You should be willing to participate in the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, support, and monitoring.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, build and maintain high-performance, high-availability, high-capacity, yet nimble and adaptive Java based reference data platforms.
Work in partnership with the wider engineering & product teams to design and implement best-in-class solutions.
Work closely with our global counterparts to ensure we’re building features and systems that can be reused and leverage work and experience from the other regions.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR
BASIC SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Strong Java programming skills with database experience
Excellent academic record in a relevant technical field, e.g. Comp Sci and Engineering
High desire to produce organized, readable, tested and maintainable software.
Ability to balance multiple, time-sensitive projects while maintaining a longer term, strategic focus.
Effective communicator in both written and verbal mediums.
BENEFICIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Prior experience working on reference data platforms for electronic trading.
Knowledge of Kafka, SQL and/or Linux.
Prior experience designing and implementing distributed systems modelling complex workflows.
Prior experience in the financial industry.
Understanding of common data structures and optimizations regarding memory and runtime performance.
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., 2025. 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 Associate OFFICE LOCATION(S) Sydney DIVISION Global Banking & Markets
At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.
OUR IMPACT
Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) strives to be the top provider in electronic trading by building superior technology and delivering high quality products by investing in people, platforms, and products. Join the team and participate in the development and launch of best-in-class products for top clients across the industry. We are looking for eager, nimble, and ambitious engineers to join our growing team of visionaries, and drive GSET to achieve and exceed our goals.
YOUR IMPACT
The GSET Platform team builds the core services and components of our electronic trading platform for our clients and trading desks, ranging from positions management & resource distribution through to client workflow management & controls. Our low latency platform is built with speed, reliability and resiliency in mind where every microsecond counts, and uptime is critical. We work directly with our traders & product development teams to build new functionality for clients, adapt the platform to meet regulatory & industry changes and expand into new markets.
As a member of the team, you will play an integral role on the trading floor. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for technology and the markets, with individuals who thrive in a fast-paced changing environment. You should be willing to participate in the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, support, and monitoring.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, build and maintain high-performance, high-availability, high-capacity, yet nimble and adaptive Java based reference data platforms.
Work in partnership with the wider engineering & product teams to design and implement best-in-class solutions.
Work closely with our global counterparts to ensure we’re building features and systems that can be reused and leverage work and experience from the other regions.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR
BASIC SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Strong Java programming skills with database experience
Excellent academic record in a relevant technical field, e.g. Comp Sci and Engineering
High desire to produce organized, readable, tested and maintainable software.
Ability to balance multiple, time-sensitive projects while maintaining a longer term, strategic focus.
Effective communicator in both written and verbal mediums.
BENEFICIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Prior experience working on reference data platforms for electronic trading.
Knowledge of Kafka, SQL and/or Linux.
Prior experience designing and implementing distributed systems modelling complex workflows.
Prior experience in the financial industry.
Understanding of common data structures and optimizations regarding memory and runtime performance.
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., 2025. 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 Associate OFFICE LOCATION(S) Sydney DIVISION Global Banking & Markets
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Global Advisory & Markets, GSET Reference Data Engineer, Analyst/Assoc, 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.