Engineering - Middleware Engineering - Software Engineer - Vice President - Jersey City

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.

TheBig Data Engineering team within Core Engineering is responsible for providing large-scale distributed processing and storage products to the firm as a fully managed offering. We provide production support, operations, and evaluate new products and features. Big Data Engineers build infrastructure to manage and automate all aspects of operations, monitoring, health recovery, provisioning, and config management. You’ll also assess new cloud database offerings and develop control planes to enforce firm standard controls.

Job Summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our Big Data Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing, developing and implementing complex software applications, and a strong background in computer science and distributed data processing/storage systems. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions to meet business needs and will be responsible for building and maintaining highly reliable and scalable systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain complex software systems and applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and define technical solutions
• Implement and maintain best practices for software development and engineering processes
• Develop and maintain software documentation, including design specifications, user guides and manuals
• Ensure the reliability, scalability and performance of software systems
• Troubleshoot and debug complex software issues
• Implement controls and guardrails for cloud database
• Build automation and recovery pipelines for Big Data product offerings
• Mentor and coach junior engineers
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in software development and engineering
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java, Python, others)
• Experience with Big Data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, HBase, Spark, Snowflake, BigQuery) and relational databases, and knowledge of distributed systems.
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, algorithms and data structures
• Experience in developing large-scale, highly available, and distributed systems
• Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and web services
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies
• Experience with Linux environments and basic system administration
  
  

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 people at GS.com/careers

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2021. All rights reserved.

Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Salary Range

The expected base salary for this Jersey City, New Jersey, United States-based position is $150000-$250000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits

Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here .

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