At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and implement innovative software solutions for auditing at Goldman Sachs.
- Company: Join Goldman Sachs, a leader in financial engineering and technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, diverse work environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with a focus on learning and innovation.
- Why this job: Be part of transformative projects that redefine auditing in finance.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent, with 2+ years in application development.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
At Goldman Sachs, our engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. We change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas and solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Our engineering teams build 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.
In Internal Audit, we ensure that Goldman Sachs maintains effective controls by assessing the reliability of financial reports, monitoring the firm’s compliance with laws and regulations, and advising management on developing smart control solutions. Our group has unique insight on the financial industry and its products and operations. Internal Audit Engineering owns a broad range of systems that enable the firm to address the cross‑cutting need of auditing. We are currently taking up initiatives to build new and innovative solutions in addition to re‑engineering our existing systems and applications. We have a strong pipeline of business transformational projects aimed at automating our workflows and redefining the way we conduct audit at Goldman Sachs.
What we are looking for: We’re looking for detail‑oriented team players who have an interest in financial markets and effectively meet the demands of our challenging mandate that requires a passion for learning as well as deep understanding and experience across a wide array of technical competencies. We are looking for developers who will play a key role in driving some of these transformational efforts. Strong communication skills are key; we expect you to constructively volunteer reasoned views and opinions in different team forums, both technically and on how we’re performing as an Agile team.
Responsibilities:
- 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
- Work closely with the global user group to support and enhance the applications to meet new requirements
- Understand the business workflows to assist in analyzing and converting business requirements into technical specifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
- Minimum 2 years of application development engineering experience
- Experience building transactional systems and strong understanding of software architecture
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Good attention to detail and analytical thinking
- Ability to work independently and in collaboration with other team members
- Front‑end web‑stack development experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- REST‑based web services
- Experience with microservice architecture
- Experience with React and Angular
- Experience with Spring, Hibernate, RabbitMQ, Hazelcast
- Experience with GitLab and Kubernetes
- Basic PL‑SQL knowledge to run queries and participate in data analysis
- Experience working at a financial institution
- Familiarity with test‑driven development
- Conceptual understanding of asynchronous‑event‑based processing
- Agile methodology experience
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.
