Internal Audit - Front End Engineer - Analyst / Associate - Birmingham,

WeAreTechWomen; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity and inclusion programs

Training and development opportunities

Wellness and personal finance offerings

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Birmingham is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to innovative solutions in Internal Audit. The position is pivotal in designing and implementing effective controls, ensuring compliance, and participating in exciting transformations.

The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Computer Science, have at least 2 years of experience in application development, and be skilled in Java and other modern technologies including REST services, React, and Microservices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of application development engineering experience.
• Experience building transactional systems and strong understanding of software architecture.
• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with other team members.

Responsibilities

• Propose, design, and implement software solutions to enhance services.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions.
• Support and enhance applications to meet new requirements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Strong communication skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Tools

Java

REST based Web services

Microservice architecture

React

Angular

Spring

Hibernate

Rabbit MQ

Hazelcast

Gitlab

Kubernetes

PL-SQL

Job description

About the Job

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. We change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas and solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. In Internal Audit, we ensure that Goldman Sachs maintains effective controls by assessing the reliability of financial reports, monitoring the firm’s compliance with laws and regulations, and advising management on developing smart control solutions. Our group has unique insight on the financial industry and its products and operations. Internal Audit Engineering owns a broad range of systems that enable the firm to address the cross-cutting need of Auditing. We are currently taking up initiatives to build new and innovative solutions in addition to re-engineering our existing systems and applications. We have a strong pipeline of business transformational projects aimed at automating our workflows and re-defining the way we conduct Audit at Goldman Sachs.

What We Are Looking For

We’re looking for detail-oriented team players who have an interest in financial markets and effectively meet the demands of our challenging mandate that requires a passion for learning as well as deep understanding and experience across a wide array of technical competencies. We are looking for developers who will play a key role in driving some of these transformational efforts. Strong communication skills are key, we expect you to constructively volunteer reasoned views and opinions in different team forums, both technically but also on how we’re performing as an Agile team.

Responsibilities

• As a member of the team, you will gain satisfaction though adding value and contributing to the team’s initiatives
• Propose, design, and implement software solutions to enhance our services and enable new business functions
• Perform hands-on development; participate in architecture and design discussions, design reviews
• Work closely with other engineering teams across the firm to develop data feeds
• Work closely with the global user group to support and enhance the applications to meet new requirements
• Understand the business workflows to assist in analyzing and converting business requirements into technical specifications

Qualifications

• Bachelors or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
• Minimum 2 years of application development engineering experience
• Programming and software development in Java
• Experience building transactional systems and strong understanding of software architecture
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good attention to detail and analytical thinking
• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with other team members
• Front end web-stack development

Preferred Qualifications

• REST based Web services
• Experience with Microservice architecture
• Experience with React and Angular
• Experience with Spring, Hibernate, Rabbit MQ, Hazelcast
• Experience with Gitlab and Kubernetes
• Basic PL-SQL knowledge to be able to run queries and participate in data analysis
• Experience working at a financial institution
• Familiar with Test Driven Development
• Conceptual understanding of Asynchronous-Event-based processing
• Agile methodology experience

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 are committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has 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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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.