JOB DESCRIPTION
Asset & Wealth Management - Birmingham - Associate - Software Engineering
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
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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.
Who We Look For
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.
Asset & Wealth Management Division:
Across Asset and Wealth Management (AWM), Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Across AWM, our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and leading-edge technology, data and design.
PWM
Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management (PWM) specializes in creating comprehensive wealth management plans for high net worth individuals and families, as well as select institutions, including foundations and endowments. PWM Teams work one-on-one with clients to advise and deliver customized strategies drawn from our deep investment experience, diverse wealth management capabilities and global reach. Our Private Wealth Advisors (PWAs) deliver an unparalleled investment platform inclusive of the full product and service offerings of Goldman Sachs and beyond, which may include tax and estate planning, philanthropic planning and private banking and lending services. As client needs evolve, this close relationship allows the team to offer complementary services and new opportunities by leveraging the resources of Goldman Sachs and beyond.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
The PWM Data Distribution team is responsible for delivering the next-gen data platform and services and help us scale to ever increasing needs of the business. We are looking for strong java developers with good understanding of database concepts to join our team to help in this strategic build out.
Our team of engineers build solutions to the most complex problems and have the opportunity to work at the forefront of technology innovation alongside industry leaders and make significant contributions to the field. Software is engineered in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, adapting to market and customer needs to deliver robust solutions in an ever-changing business environment. PWM Technology builds on top of cutting edge in-house platforms complimented with a strong focus on leveraging open source solutions. Engineer tools and services that bring unification and scale to Wealth Management division, providing data solutions that span Sales, Client Servicing, Research, Portfolio Management and Trading.
You Will Work Across a Variety Of Systems & Programming Languages To Create a Data Pipeline To Ingest Millions Of Data Points Per Day And Create a Highly Available Data Processing And REST Services To Distribute Data To Different Consumers Across PWM. Technologies Used Include:
- Data Technologies: Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, Presto, Alloy – a data management and data governance platform
- Programming Languages: Java, Scala, Scripting
- Database Technologies: MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, MemSQL, Sybase IQ / ASE
- Micro Service Technologies: REST, Spring Boot, Jersey
- Build and CI/CD Technologies: Gradle, Jenkins, Gitlabs, SVN
- Cloud Technologies: AWS CDK and experience with Docker or Kubernetes is a plus
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
- Exposure to various data management and modeling tools for data storage, discovery, curation, retrieval, analysis, and sharing.
- Building frameworks for compute and enrichment of data entities and its distribution using existing data platform components.
- Enhancement to existing systems and modernization using new platform.
- Collaboration with teams across global counter parts.
- Design, Develop, Test and Deploy your software using CI/CD pipeline.
- Introduce productivity and efficiency improvement techniques by leveraging right tech stack.
- Participate in code review and collaborate in experimenting new tech stacks
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or other related degree at bachelors level
- Java, Scala, Scripting, REST, Spring Boot, Jersey
- Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, MemSQL, Sybase IQ / ASE
- 3+ years of hands-on experience on relevant technologies
About Goldman Sachs
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.
We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html
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