Senior Software Engineer, Transaction Banking, Digital Engineering

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 .

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. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

Transaction Banking (TxB) aims to bring innovative solutions to traditional banking and lending activities. We are a global team of lenders, investors, risk managers, skilled marketers, web experts and banking specialists.

We provide a suite of solutions to help our customers meet their financial goals. We make direct investments in and manage risk for a portfolio of corporate loans and securities.

We help transform distressed communities through investments and loans of private capital.

Within TxB, the Digital Engineering team is responsible for providing a unified digital experience to our clients that interact with Transaction Banking products via different interfaces such as Banking as a Service API, Client Portal, Files and SWIFT network.

Our mission is to build a state of the art digital interface that meets our corporate client's needs. We are starting with a clean slate and one singular goal in mind : build a highly scalable, resilient, 24x7 available cloud-based platform that our corporate clients can rely to meet their cash management needs.

Who We Look For

As part of our global team you will work on various components as a Senior Software Engineer.

Your role includes leading projects with a group of passionate engineers alongside product owners and clients. You are expected to contribute to the vision, understand our product roadmap, integrate business value with experience and contribute to building an engineering culture within the team.

Our flat structure requires and enables team members to evolve through the entire spectrum of the software life-cycle and closely collaborate with product owners, business and operations users.

We are looking for someone with lots of energy that has excellent communication skills, enjoys engineering challenges, has a passion to deliver high quality technology products and is able to operate in a highly fluid, rapidly changing environment.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Develop full stack applications with due consideration to security, design, validation and SDLC framework
• Collaborate with product managers, business operations, engineers to define product requirements, objectives
• Participate in system design consulting, platform management
• Develop resilient, scalable and secure modules using cloud native services
• Manage multiple tasks and use sound judgment when prioritizing
• Update and maintain documentation for team processes, best practices and software runbooks
• Must be passionate about technology and engineering
• Exceptional analytical skills and ability to apply knowledge and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutions

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of relevant professional experience using a modern programming language (preferably Java)
• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving programming or systems engineering.
• Proficiency in development with Java, springboot, REST APIs
• Experience engineering solutions with distributed tracing, Performance testing, Authentication, Authorization
• Proficiency with algorithms, data structures and software design
• Experience with UNIX operating systems internals, infrastructure as code-Terraform and networking
• Proven to work independently in a fast paced and often multi-direction work environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with development and design of distributed systems
• Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL / Oracle) and nosql (Dynamo / Mongo DB)
• Experience in financial services specifically corporate cash management desirable
• Experience with AWS services - Amazon MSK / Apache kafka, ECS / kubernetes, S3, IAM, AWS XRay
• Comfort with Agile operating models (practical experience of Scrum / Kanban)

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 / careers.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.