About the position
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. 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. Within our Global Banking & Markets business, Prime Brokerage Technology is a key engineering group devoted to building and maintaining a platform for clients to conduct business with the firm. Our engineers are involved in the entire product life cycle, from working with users and product managers to determine requirements, collaborating with other engineers to develop new APIs and UIs, engaging with penetration testers to ensure security and data protection, to deploying your code to users across the globe. Our team works with modern Typescript, Java, and Python frameworks and uses a variety of databases, caches, and queues to solve specific problems. Within our team, you will have ample opportunities to be curious, to solve problems for our clients, and directly impact the success of our business.
Responsibilities
- Work on various projects and components as part of the global team.
- Collaborate with users and product managers to determine requirements.
- Develop new APIs and UIs in collaboration with other engineers.
- Engage with penetration testers to ensure security and data protection.
- Deploy code to users across the globe.
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional experience developing web applications.
- Advanced degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or similar.
- Knowledge of popular design patterns and algorithms.
- Excellent programming skills in a major programming language.
- Experience designing scalable and reliable systems, with a focus on APIs / modularity.
- Efficient and effective communication skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with front-end development libraries such as React.JS or Angular.
- Experience with mainstream web transports such as REST and WebSockets.
- Experience with back-end frameworks such as Dropwizard, Spring, Flask or FastAPI.
- Experience with SQL and noSQL databases and systems such as Postgres, OpenSearch / ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Redis/Valkey and Hazelcast.
- Familiarity with unit-testing and end-to-end testing frameworks.
- Familiarity with CI/CD patterns and tools such as JavaScript bundlers, containerized deployments, and Python packaging.
- Knowledge of financial markets.
