Asset & Wealth Management - Software Engineer - Vice President - Birmingham Birmingham United ...

Asset & Wealth Management - Software Engineer - Vice President - Birmingham location_on Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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.

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.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

We are looking for a skilled and motivated software engineer to design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient systems and infrastructure for our billing platform.

• Propose, design, and implement software solutions to enhance our services and enable new business functions.
• Perform hands on development; participate in architecture and design discussions and design reviews.
• Work closely with other engineering teams across the firm to develop data feeds, APIs, and processing pipelines.
• Work closely with the global user group to support and enhance the applications to meet new requirements.
• Understand the business workflows to assist in analysing and converting business requirements into technical specifications.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements, understand data needs, and transform them into actionable insights that drive business decisions.
• Develop and maintain scalable and efficient dashboards, reports, and data visualisations that present complex data in a user-friendly manner.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for data pipelines and transformations, resolving issues and ensuring system availability.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and business intelligence and data analytics best practices.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of hands on software development experience.
• Solid understanding of object oriented skills and frameworks.
• Experience with producing scalable software designs.
• Experience in Spring, REST services, JMS, Hibernate/JPA, JSON is required.
• Experience working with databases such as Sybase or MongoDB.
• Experience with designing/delivering messaging based solutions (e.g. Kafka).
• Fast learner who can pick up existing applications (functionally & technically).
• Excellent problem solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross functional teams.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and meet project deadlines.
• Strong sense of ownership, focus on quality, responsiveness, efficiency, and innovation.
• Strong communication skills (in person, phone, and email).
• Prior experience with people management.
• Prior experience leading & delivering projects independently and working in a global project team setup.
• Ability to work on multiple programs.
• Interest in finance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the financial industry or a related field.
• Familiarity with cloud based data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, GBQ).
• Familiarity with cloud based data pipeline services (e.g. AWS Glue) or distributed processing frameworks like Apache Spark.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.