Data Engineering Associate - Internal Audit Pipelines

Candidate Experience Site - Lateral; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs seeks an Associate in Data Strategy and Analytics (DSA) in Birmingham to design and deliver production-grade data pipelines, models and data products for the third line of defence. You’ll source, transform and curate data, enabling reusable, auditable insights across audit coverage.

You will work closely with audit teams and data owners, implement QA checks, and contribute to AI-ready data assets while supporting design reviews, CI/CD, and effective production support.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of data engineering, software engineering or data-platform experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering or related quantitative discipline; master’s preferred.
• Hands-on Python with Pandas/Polars and PySpark; testable, maintainable code.
• Strong SQL, OLTP databases, data modelling and dimensional modelling.
• Experience ETL/ELT pipelines; data-lake or lakehouse/cloud data services.
• Clear written and verbal communication; cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement production-grade ETL/ELT pipelines for Internal Audit.
• Develop Python solutions with Pandas, Polars and PySpark for scalable data work.
• Write advanced SQL for transformation, profiling and analysis across platforms.
• Design data models including dimensional modelling and lakehouse patterns.
• Work with Snowflake and relational databases, ensuring performance and data movement.
• Implement data-quality checks, lineage, observability and tests.
• Contribute to AI-ready data products and semantic layers with governed access.
• Collaborate with audit teams to understand requirements and deliver reusable data solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, CI/CD, version control, and production support.
• Communicate progress and decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data modelling

ETL/ELT pipelines

Cloud data services

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering or related quantitative discipline

Master’s degree welcome

Tools

Snowflake

DB2

PostgreSQL

Spark

Pandas

PySpark

Job description

Goldman Sachs seeks an Associate in Data Strategy and Analytics (DSA) in Birmingham to design and deliver production-grade data pipelines, models and data products for the third line of defence. You’ll source, transform and curate data, enabling reusable, auditable insights across audit coverage.

You will work closely with audit teams and data owners, implement QA checks, and contribute to AI-ready data assets while supporting design reviews, CI/CD, and effective production support.