Software Engineering

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Full-Stack Engineer (Java) to join the Marcus Engineering team within Asset & Wealth Management. You will design, build, test and deploy scalable web services and collaborate with a global cross‑functional team to transform business needs into technical solutions.

The role requires Java 17+, Python, TypeScript, and experience with Spring Boot, Node.JS, React/Angular, AWS, Docker, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• 7+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience with Java 17+, Python 3.10+, TypeScript 4+ in all phases of development.
• Hands on development implementing web services with Spring Boot and Node.JS microservices providing REST APIs.
• Hands on development implementing UX with React or Angular in TypeScript.
• Hands on development implementing data pipelines and analytics using Python.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
• Experience with AWS Cloud Platform (EC2, ECS, APIGW, Route53, S3, etc.) including serverless patterns for providing REST APIs.
• Experience with major open‑source tools and frameworks such as Spring Boot, Docker, and Hibernate.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with build and development tools like Gradle and Maven.
• Experience with Linux / Unix environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and applying them to improve our products.
• Ability to establish trusted partnerships with cross functional team members, product owners, and executive level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a global cross functional team in building customer‑centric products
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions and translate business needs into proper solutions
• Participate with architecture team in technical evaluations, solution and design approaches discussions
• Design, build, test, and deploy highly scalable, high‑volume web services following a traditional REST API model
• Perform code reviews and mentor other team members on the proper approaches to web services development
• Lead and direct standard software development guidelines and best practices
• Provides objective advice, expertise and specialist support skills to create value and maximize growth or improve business performance
• Ensures that development activities deliver benefits and collaborate with key partners

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Learning mindset

Partnership building

Education

Degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Java

Python

TypeScript

Spring Boot

Node.JS

React

Angular

AWS

Docker

Hibernate

Gradle

Maven

Linux

REST APIs

CI/CD

Job description

Asset & Wealth Management - Full-Stack (Java) Software Engineer - Associate/Vice President - Birmingham location_on Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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.

We're looking for an experienced Full-Stack Engineer to join our Marcus Engineering team in Asset & Wealth Management.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a global cross functional team in building customer‑centric products
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions and be able to translate business needs into proper solutions
• Participate with architecture team in technical evaluations, solution and design approaches discussions
• Design, build, test, and deploy highly scalable, high‑volume web services following a traditional REST API model
• Perform code reviews and mentor other team members on the proper approaches to web services development
• Lead and direct standard software development guidelines and best practices
• Provides objective advice, expertise and specialist support skills with the aim of creating value and maximizing growth or improving the business performance of their clients.
• Ensures that development activities are on a path to deliver benefits realization.
• Ensures collaboration with key functional partners in the implementation of initiatives.
• Readily recognizes solution and determines at what point issues require escalation to leadership
• 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

Technical Skills and Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent industry experience
• Degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent industry experience
• 7+ of relevant professional experience
• Experience with Java 17+, Python 3.10+, TypeScript 4+ in all phases of development
• Hands on development implementing web services with Spring Boot and Node.JS microservices providing REST APIs
• Hands on development implementing UX with React or Angular in TypeScript
• Hands on development implementing data pipelines and analytics using Python
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• Experience with AWS Cloud Platform (EC2, ECS, APIGW, Route53, S3, etc.) including serverless patterns for providing REST APIs
• Experience with major open‑source tools and frameworks such as Spring Boot, Docker, and Hibernate
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience with build and development tools like Gradle and Maven
• Experience with Linux / Unix environments
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and applying them to improve our products
• Ability to establish trusted partnerships with cross functional team members, product owners, and executive level stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• An understanding of common application architecture design patterns
• Experience working in an Agile environment

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

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short‑term disability, long‑term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state‑of‑the‑art on‑site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on‑site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre‑approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on‑site child care centers that provide full‑time and emergency back‑up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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