Vice President of Software Engineering

Job Description

Position: Vice President, Software Engineering

Location: New York, New York

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Vice President of Software Engineering to join our team in New York. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, enhancing, supporting, and maintaining the Firm’s software solutions to support our global businesses. You will design and implement high-quality, scalable, and thoughtful technology solutions leveraging both internal and open-source services.

Key Responsibilities

• Software Development: Own the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, user story refinement, development, testing (unit, integration, and regression), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and deployment.
• Collaboration: Work with internal teams to develop solution designs and identify new external technologies that can transform our financial businesses and internal platforms in innovative and disruptive ways.
• Testing and Deployment: Design, implement, and maintain robust testing suites to enable safe, complete, and scalable solutions across our business lines.
• Mentorship: Provide training and guidance to junior team members.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field and five (5) years of experience in a related software engineering role OR Master’s degree in the same fields with three (3) years of experience.
• Experience:
  • Full software development lifecycle experience.
  • Building multi-threaded and multi-process service-oriented C++ or Java enterprise applications within a Unix environment.
  • Programming technologies including Java, C#, Python, and Kafka.
  • Relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as Sybase or Oracle.
  • Micro-services architecture design and development including REST, Java, or other back-end technologies.
  • Database query languages, including SQL or NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary Range: $200,000 - $300,000 annually.
• Benefits: Goldman Sachs offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. Employees may also be eligible for a discretionary bonus.

Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience.

About Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, we believe progress is everyone’s business. That’s why we commit our people, capital, and ideas to help our clients, shareholders, and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices in all major financial centers around the world.

Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.