Asset & Wealth Management - Software Engineer - Associate - New York

Location: New York, New York, United States

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.

Engineering, which is comprised of our Technology Division and global strategists’ groups, is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions.  Want to push the limit of digital possibilities?  Start here.

Goldman Sachs Asset and Wealth Management Division:

As one of the world's leading asset managers, our mission is to help our clients achieve their investment goals.  To best serve our clients' diverse and evolving needs, we have built our business to be global, broad, and deep across asset classes, geographies, and solutions.

Join the Product Reference Data Technology group to lead the evolution of our Asset Management data ecosystem. As a core member of our development team, you will architect and build robust, scalable platforms that serve as the 'golden source' for investment decisions. You will leverage a cutting-edge stack—including Java 17, Vert.x 3.x, Kafka, and SingleStore—to deliver low-latency, highly resilient services capable of supporting a real-time trading environment. This role is pivotal in our platform uplift initiative, transforming legacy frameworks into high-performance, fail-safe distribution systems that power mission-critical compliance and reporting

Who We Look For

Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building full stack solutions . We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Be part of a global team, working closely with portfolio managers, operations, and other engineers
• Building low latency, scalable and resilient services
• Write high quality, well-tested, and scalable code
• Evaluate the short- and long-term implications of every implementation decision
• Grow professionally and learn from other accomplished software engineers through pair coding while helping your peers to do the same
• Collaborate on critical system architecture decisions
• Review and provide feedback on other developers’ code and design
• Evaluate modern technologies, prototype innovative approaches to problems and make the business case for changes
• Use infrastructure-as-code to build and deploy applications

REQUIREMENTS

• Meaningful experience in, but not limited to, any one of the following: Microservices, Java, React, SQL
• Experience of working with non-relational as well as relational databases
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Excellent object oriented or functional analysis and design skills
• Comfortable multi-tasking, managing multiple stakeholders, and working as part of a global team
• Proven communication and interpersonal ability
• Experience building client- and consumer-facing products is a plus, but far from required
• Knowledge of existing strategic firmwide platforms is a plus, but far from required