Global Banking & Markets, FICC Software Engineer, Vice President, Hong Kong

Global Banking & Markets, FICC Software Engineer, Vice President, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Job Description What We Do

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t 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.

Engineering, which is comprised of our Technology Division and global strategists groups, is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

Who We Look For

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.

Global Markets Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities (FICC) Technology plays a key role in the firm’s ability to help institutional clients buy and sell financial instruments on liquidity venues around the world, an important revenue driver for the firm. In FICC Technology we use both open-source industry standard and internal proprietary technologies to build cutting edge platforms for pricing, execution, and control over each of these millions of transactions.

The ideal candidate will be partnering with technologists, strategists, traders and salespeople in the Goldman Sachs FICC trading environment. Candidate will be primarily responsible for design, development, and managing the production environment of trade automation systems.

Our Impact

Structured Products Technology

Our FICC Structured Products business is focused on providing clients with customized pre-package investments tailored to individual client needs. A global business, our offerings span across the Interest Rates, Credit, and Foreign Exchange trading desks of the Goldman Sachs Global Markets - FICC Division.

The FICC Structured Products Technology team interacts directly with Trading and Sales to develop trading systems to achieve their business goals. It’s a dynamic environment where individuals with strong development and interpersonal skills gain a unique insight into how financial markets work and use this knowledge to work alongside Trading and Sales to deliver technical solutions. Development work will be primarily in Java and GS’s object-oriented database (SecDB) using our in house object oriented scripting language (Slang), there will also be numerous opportunities to work with a wide range of cutting edge technologies.

Our team of engineers build solutions to various complex problems. We provide the systems and tools for the global FICC Structured Products business to trade, to manage their risk, and to generate trade ideas.

Your Impact

We are seeking a hands-on Java developer to join the FICC Structured Products Technology team in Hong Kong and lead the trade automation efforts within front office. The role will involve working on a wide range of projects focusing on Trading and Sales system workflow development and automation, along with new business development.

The candidate will directly experience the impact of their work as they see the global FICC Structured Products business use their systems on a daily basis.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Quantitative Finance, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a significant focus on electronic trading systems, large-scale distributed platforms, and automation solutions.
• Strong programming skills in Java (commercial experience preferred).
• Excellent object-oriented analysis and design skills.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with real-time data processing, distributed systems, and multi-threaded programming.
• Understanding of FICC derivatives products, financial markets, and trading workflows, particularly in pricing, quoting, and lifecycle automation.
• Familiarity with automated testing, DevOps, and Continuous Deployment practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, including experience speaking to technical and business audiences and working globally.
• Comfortable multi-tasking, managing multiple stakeholders, and working as part of a global team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in NoSQL data stores, e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB, or Elastic.
• Experience in modern message-oriented middleware, e.g., Kafka.
• Experience in debugging complex distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for trading infrastructure.
• Familiarity with kdb+/Q or other time-series databases.
• Experience working directly with trading and sales users and converting their requirements into actionable solutions.

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. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and /careers.

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.

Job Info

• Job Identification 177051
• Job Category Vice President
• Posting Date 09/10/2026, 11:25 AM
• Locations Hong Kong

Healthcare & Medical Services

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

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

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).

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.

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