Cloud-Native VP Engineer, AI-Driven Equities

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs Bank AG is seeking a Vice President Software Engineer in London to lead development on the Consolidated Trade Ledger (CTL) initiative. The role will involve designing cloud-native, high-availability services and using AI-assisted engineering tools. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in Java and familiarity with event-driven systems. This position offers the opportunity to make significant improvements in the Equities trading business and shape the future technology landscape.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience in Java.
• Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools.
• Building event-driven and distributed systems is required.
• Strong SDLC practices including CI/CD and code quality.
• Solid discipline in unit, integration, and acceptance testing.
• Excellent collaboration skills across technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate high-availability cloud-native services.
• Develop event-driven architectures and optimized data paths.
• Partner with engineers and stakeholders to drive modernization.
• Manage the software lifecycle using Agile best practices.
• Innovate solutions to complex business and technical problems.

Skills

Java (Java 17+ preferred)

AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot)

Event-driven and distributed systems

SDLC practices

Solid testing discipline

Communication and collaboration skills

Tools

Spring Boot

Apache Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Goldman Sachs Bank AG is seeking a Vice President Software Engineer in London to lead development on the Consolidated Trade Ledger (CTL) initiative. The role will involve designing cloud-native, high-availability services and using AI-assisted engineering tools. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in Java and familiarity with event-driven systems. This position offers the opportunity to make significant improvements in the Equities trading business and shape the future technology landscape.