Software Engineer Associate - Asset & Wealth Management

What we do

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineersdon’tjust make things – we make things possible. We change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas andsolvethe most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Our engineering teams build scalable software and systems,architectlow latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action.

Engineering, which iscomprisedof our Technology Division and global strategist groups, is at the critical center of our business. Our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

Who are we

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 tochangeand thrive in a fast-paced global environment. TheDigital Client Experienceteams in Asset Management provide clients with innovative and customer-centered financial products to drive transformative changes. We bring the best qualities of a technology player and combine that with the best attributes of a large bank. Our Digital teamscompriseofthreemain businesses, underpinned by engineering, product operations,securityand risk management:

•Mosaic, an end-to-end open architecture technology platform and a digital product that provides trading, settlement, analytics, and reporting solutions to global liquidity clients.

•AM.gs.com:GSAM is the asset management arm of Goldman Sachs, which supervises more than$1.8 trillionin assets. Goldman Sachs Asset Management has been providing discretionary investment advisory services since 1988 and has investment professionals in all major financial centers around the world.

•AdvisorPortal: An external Advisor Portal is a keycomponentofSMAexpansion program. The aim of this portal is to provide all-digital, best in class experience to Advisors such as advisor onboarding, application for new SMAs, track accounts status, access advisor tools etc.

We are looking for engineers who can drive a whole feature from design to execution, as well as engineers who can deep dive why an API is taking half a second longer than it should.  Our team has a large variety of problems to tackle across the entire stack.

Day to Day Responsibilities

As a full stack developer, you will

• Drive the design of critical components in the technology stack as well as oversee the implementation of new features, focusing on code quality, automation and testability. 
• Collaborate with a global cross functional team in building customer-centric products
• Contribute to the vision, understand our product roadmap and contribute to building an engineering culture within our global team. 
• Design flows and systems using cloud and on-prem technologies to ensure performance, longevity, and scalability of infrastructure.
• Contribute to SDLC documentation and guidance including templates, patterns, and controls.
• Perform code reviews and system design reviews and establish code quality standards and software best practices for a distributed systems architecture.
• Mentor and help develop more junior technical talents.
• Communicate with leadership, engineers, and business teams.

We are looking for someone with lots of energy that enjoys engineering challenges and has a passion to deliver high-quality technology solutions and can operate in a highly fluid, rapidly changing environment.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with Java, JavaScript, and Spring Boot
• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Experience with design and implementation of low latency, high throughput, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Experience with microservices architecture and API development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Culture of excellence and collaboration
• Comfort with Agile operating models
• Energetic, self-directed, and self-motivated

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands on experience with Java and experience with any of the Rx* variants
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging technologies
• Experience with microservice architecture 
• Experience with the Spring framework family
• Strong proficiency in: Distributed systems, Low-latency services, NoSQL and relational databases
• Experience with AWS
• Hands on experience with React and/or Angular
• Experience with external facing websites is a plus
• Experience working with clients / users a plus
• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager is a plus