Core Engineering - SDLC Engineering - Software Engineer

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.

DEVELOPER JOURNEY STRATEGY AT GOLDMAN SACHS

The Developer Journey Strategy focuses on investing in the developer experience to minimize friction, promote standardization, and leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enable seamless delivery. By streamlining processes, implementing consistent practices, and integrating AI-driven tools and solutions, we empower developers to efficiently build and run products and platforms. This strategy aims to enhance productivity, foster innovation, and ensure high-quality outcomes by providing developers with the advanced tools, resources, and support they need to succeed. The incorporation of AI not only automates routine tasks and optimizes workflows but also provides predictive insights and intelligent recommendations, further enhancing the development process.

SDLC ENGINEERING

Part of the Goldman Sachs’ Core Engineering group's function is to provide best in class language support and tooling for our engineering community to facilitate the building, testing and deployment of their products. We strive for our tooling to improve product quality, developer productivity and increase opportunities for collaboration. Our aim is to innovate and drive technology solutions that will impact the bottom line for the firm. By joining us, you will be part of a diverse global technical team focusing on solving critical business problems. You will be working at the heart of the developer experience, ensuring the code that is written by thousands of GS engineers is versioned securely, reviewed expertly, compiled quickly, tested comprehensively, and distributed widely.

WHAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON

Assist developers with dependency upgrades and code refactoring by automating and streamlining migrations and patches to newer versions of frameworks and libraries. This process ensures that applications remain up to date with the latest features, security patches, and performance improvements, without requiring extensive manual intervention. By leveraging AI-driven tools, developers can efficiently identify and resolve compatibility issues, refactor code to adhere to modern standards, and seamlessly transition to updated dependencies. Additionally, these tools can assist in migrating code across different programming languages, enabling developers to adopt new technologies and frameworks with ease.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 10+ years (VP) of of industry experience as a programming, software engineering, or similar job roles.
• General knowledge of multiple languages, and in-depth strong programming skills of at least one of: Java, GoLang, Erlang, Java, Python, C, C++.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Familiarity with continuous integration, deployment pipelines, monitoring solutions
• Ability to use and familiarity with GitLab and CI/CD. 
• Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, driving consensus, and influencing outcomes, strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills

 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc / MSc / PhD in relevant field (Computer Science, Maths, Physics)
• Experience with DevOps, SRE, infrastructure as code, and similar is helpful but not required. 
• General knowledge of Linux, Docker, etc, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS
• Experience with all stages in the lifecycle of developing and running large distributed systems
• Knowledgeable about networking (TCP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, DNS, TLS, HTTP, SSH, etc)
• Experience with AI and machine learning technologies.