Full-Time

Quantitative Engineer Associate

Updated on 8/23/2026

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs

10,001+ employees

Global investment banking and asset management

No salary listed

London, UK

In Person

Bachelor's, Master's, PhD

Category
Quantitative Finance (1)
Required Skills
Python
Java
Fixed Income Securities
C/C++

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Requirements
  • Excellent academic background in a quantitative field such as mathematics, physics, statistics, economics, engineering, or computer science.
  • Strong programming skills in an object-oriented or functional paradigm such as Python, C++, or Java.
  • Proven experience in a quantitative finance role, with a strong focus on asset liability management, funding modelling, behavioural modelling, or balance sheet management.
  • Solid understanding of fixed income instruments, interest rate derivatives, curve construction methodologies, pricing and hedging strategies, and their application to balance sheet risk management.
  • Deep understanding of statistical and econometric modelling techniques, including regression analysis, time-series forecasting, and survival analysis, applied to financial products.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex quantitative concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to work independently and in a collaborative, global team environment.
Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and maintain quantitative models, tools, and frameworks for asset liability management, including net interest margin forecasting, earnings-at-risk, and funding cost projections to optimize resources.
  • Develop stress and scenario analysis frameworks across portfolios, products, and legal entities to assess performance under market scenarios and identify and quantify key risk exposures, concentration risks, convexity effects, and potential vulnerabilities.
  • Develop and enhance behavioural models for deposits and other channels, including non-maturity deposit modelling, deposit beta estimation, repricing lags, and volume flow projections under different macroeconomic scenarios and interest-rate environments.
  • Establish backtesting, model performance monitoring, and data quality frameworks to evaluate model accuracy, identify potential drift, and refine behavioural and forecasting assumptions.
  • Develop and improve models to reflect evolving business needs, maintain model documentation and implementation, and support regulatory inquiries and second-line model validation.
  • Deliver clear presentations and explanations about balance sheet management for discussion with senior managers, committees, and key stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
  • Preference for Master's and PhD degrees.
  • Experience using artificial intelligence-based tools in development.

Goldman Sachs provides financial services for corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals, including advisory on mergers and acquisitions, underwriting and distributing securities, asset and wealth management, and market making across fixed income, currencies, commodities, and equities. Its products work by delivering strategic advice, financing, liquidity, and asset management across multiple classes, using client funds and its own capital to raise, deploy, and manage capital for clients. The firm differentiates itself through its global scale, comprehensive range of services, deep client relationships, and long-standing presence in capital markets. Its goal is to help clients raise and deploy capital, manage risk, and grow wealth while earning fees and returns from advisory, trading, lending, and asset management activities.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1869

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