Associate - Systematic Trading Strategies (Equities)

Global Banking & Markets - Eqs Sts Strats - Associate - Bengaluru

Who We Are

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.

Global banking & Markets

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

Our Impact

We are part of the Systematic Trading Strategy (STS) team. The STS team develops systematic and client led investment strategies for our clients. The strats business unit is a world leader in developing quantitative and technological expertise to solve complex business problems. Working within the firm's trading, sales, banking and investment management divisions, strats use their mathematical and scientific training to create financial products, advise clients on transactions, measure risk, and identify market opportunities.

Responsibilities

As a member of the STS team within the FICC and Equities divisions at Goldman Sachs, you will drive the end-to-end lifecycle of rules-based index solutions by researching, developing, and implementing sophisticated, investible indices across global financial markets spanning multiple asset classes. This role requires the technical implementation of strategies into proprietary modeling platforms and ongoing support for production indices, enabling institutional clients to express macro views, harvest risk premia, and achieve targeted portfolio outcomes. You will collaborate closely with Sales, Trading, and Structuring teams to commercialize these products, providing them with high-transparency analytics, customized risk management solutions, and strategic marketing content that leverages the firm's premier execution and data platforms.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors, or Masters, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering or similar subject.
• Strong quantitative skills. 
• Strong programming skills, including clear understanding of algorithms and data structures. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• High level of diligence and discipline
• Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, demonstrating initiative and showing commercial impact

Goldman Sachs Engineering Culture

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 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!

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Experience Level

Mid Level