Software Engineering - Controllers - Vice President - Birmingham

What we do?

Client Asset Protection - Client Assets Engineering is at the core of Client Protection and Collateral Management functions for Goldman Sachs globally. Our platform manages the segregation of customer assets, implements complex optimization calculations, and controls across various business functions and asset classes, all governed and monitored by regulations across jurisdictions such as US-SEC/FINRA, UK-FCA, JP-FSA, etc. Our platforms oversee client assets worth approximately $1 trillion in segregation and facilitate funding opportunities on client margin worth around $100 billion for the firm.

Responsibilities

1. Manage end-to-end systems development in an Agile environment, from requirements analysis to coding, testing, UAT, implementation, and maintenance.
2. Develop high-level and detailed technical designs, testing strategies, and implementation plans.
3. Work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment that offers exposure to all areas of Finance.
4. Understand and respond to business needs, developing process workflows, data requirements, and specifications to support implementation.
5. Build strong relationships with business partners.
6. Identify opportunities for cross-divisional collaboration and reuse of common solutions.
7. Engage in data modeling and curation.

Basic Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
2. 2-5 years of software development experience.
3. Strong object-oriented or functional analysis and design skills.
4. Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and performance optimization.
5. Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging with technical and business audiences globally.
6. Problem-solving ability with data-driven decision-making skills.
7. Ability to multitask, manage multiple stakeholders, and work as part of a global team.
8. An entrepreneurial approach and passion for problem solving and product development.

Expert Knowledge in One or More of

1. Java programming, including concurrency and memory management.
2. Strong RDBMS knowledge.
3. Experience developing distributed, microservices-based applications.
4. Data modeling and curation for large-scale datasets.
5. Cloud technologies, including AWS S3, Snowflake, etc., involved in building next-generation finance systems.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Interest or knowledge in investment banking or financial instruments.
2. Experience with big data concepts, such as Hadoop for Data Lake.
3. Experience with near real-time transactional systems like Kafka.
4. Experience in Business Process Management (BPM).

About Goldman Sachs

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