Asset & Wealth Management-Associate-AM Finance Data Engineer

Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management:

As one of the world's leading asset managers, our mission is to help our clients achieve their investment goals.  To best serve our clients' diverse and evolving needs, we have built our business to be global, broad and deep across asset classes, geographies and solutions. 

Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management is one of the world's leading asset management institutions. AWM delivers innovative investment solutions managing close to Two Trillion US Dollars on a global, multi-product platform. In addition to traditional products (e.g. Equities, Fixed Income) our product offering also includes Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Fund of Funds, Quantitative Strategies, Fundamental Equity and a Multi-Asset Pension Solutions Business. Software is engineered in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, adapting to market and customer needs to deliver robust solutions in an ever-changing business environment. AM Data Engineering builds on top of cutting edge in-house and cloud platforms complimented with a strong focus on leveraging open source solutions.

Software Engineer – AMD Finance Data Engineering

Engineers in the AMD Finance Data Engineering help ensure AMD division meets all of its financial control and reporting obligations. Working in small and nimble project teams, they build critical and complex applications to calculate Financial Metrics and monitor the division’s Assets, Revenues and Expenses and support various financial and management reporting needs across multiple business teams.

Using a combination of computer science, finance and math skills, they build and support complex and critical software products that meet the ever-changing business needs and regulatory environment. They collaborate very closely with the management reporting and controllers business teams to transform business rules into working applications.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

* In an Agile environment manage end-to-end systems development cycle from requirements analysis to coding, testing, UAT, implementation and maintenance

* Develop high level/detailed technical designs, testing strategies, and implementation plans

* Work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment that provides exposure to all areas of Finance

* Understand and respond to business needs, facilitating and developing process workflow, data requirements, and specifications required to support implementation

Skills and Experiences we are Looking For

* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.

* Experience in software development, including a clear understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design and core programming concepts

* Strong Full-stack technical design and development skills and experience.

* Technologies: Web/RESTful service development: HTML 5, JavaScript/AngularJS/React, JSON

* Technologies: Linux and shell scripting, Java, Scala, Qlikview

* Technologies: AWS, Snowflake, memSQL, DB2, HDFS, Distributed Computing, Spark

* Strong programming experience in at least one compiled language (e.g. Java)

* In-depth knowledge of relational and columnar SQL databases, including database design

* Comfortable with multi-tasking, managing multiple stakeholders and working as part of a team

* Excellent communication skills including experience speaking to technical & business audiences and working globally

* Strong problem solving and analytical skills

* Interest in finance