About this role
What We Do
At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.
Controls Engineering is responsible for building the next generation firm-wide control plane for use in Asset & Wealth Management. The successful candidate will use their deep technical skills to build solutions to manage and implement risk management controls tailored to the diverse products and services offered to AWM clients. The role involves building out web applications that allow users to register, develop and administer controls on the platform.
Your Impact
- Deliver and design new features for Control Management and Implementation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of Risk Managers and Control Managers to gather requirements and define technical solutions
- Develop, plan for, and lead team members to build clearly defined software functionality aligned with identified business objectives
- Lead and mentor junior members of the team
- Follow and establish standard software development guidelines and best practices
- Analyze existing software to identify areas of improvement and provide estimates for implementing new features
- Manage multiple tasks and use sound judgment when prioritizing
- Participate in user story refinement, technical design, code reviews and the team's Agile process
- Collaborate with engineering leadership, developers, and operations through written and verbal presentations
- Lead and participate in technical architecture reviews
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts
- Mentor and coach junior engineers
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in software development and engineering
- Experience with Java or other relevant Object Oriented development language
- Experience with microservices architecture and API development
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience building transactional systems and understanding of software architecture
- Experience in developing large-scale, highly available, and distributed systems
- Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and web services
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Experience with Agile software development methodologies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to establish trusted partnerships with cross functional team members, product owners, and executive level stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Big data/Apache Spark/Apache Nifi.
- An understanding of common application architecture design patterns
- Experience in the financial services industry.
Goldman Sachs Engineering Culture
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
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About Goldman Sachs
We aspire to be the world’s most exceptional financial institution, united by our shared values of partnership, client service, integrity, and excellence.
Operating at the center of capital markets, we act as one firm, mobilizing our people, capital, and ideas to deliver superior results across our clients’ most complex challenges.
For 157 years, Goldman Sachs has delivered world-class execution on a global scale across our leading Global Banking & Markets and Asset & Wealth Management businesses.
Apprenticeship is central to our culture, with hands-on coaching and access to leaders who bring decades of experience and expertise. With office locations around the world, we offer a broad range of career opportunities to those who insist on excellence and thrive on performance.
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What you'll do
- The successful candidate will design and deliver new features for Control Management and Implementation while collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements. They will also lead and mentor junior team members and participate in software development best practices.
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