Software Engineer | Associate | Birmingham | 2026

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Birmingham is seeking a Software Engineer at Associate level. You will work on backend services using Java, Spring and MongoDB, helping to build scalable, low-latency platforms.

You will collaborate with global teams across trading, sales and finance in an agile environment, contributing to the full SDLC and driving innovative engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years experience with Java, Spring & Non-SQL technologies such as MongoDB.
• Experience with micro-services, java deployments & DevOps tools such as Gitlab.
• Full understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
• Strong communication and documentation skills for global teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business partners to build and automate solutions across teams.
• Develop and maintain scalable software platforms and data pipelines.
• Work in embedded or core teams delivering reliable back-end services.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Microservices

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

MongoDB

GitLab

CI/CD

Job description

Software Engineer | Associate | Birmingham | 2026 location_on Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

MORE ABOUT THIS JOB

Please note division and function examples are representative of opportunities common for this skill-set. The list is not exhaustive, and availability of open roles is determined based on business need. Specific roles will be confirmed through the interview process.

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a software engineer, you are the change agents that transform Goldman Sachs by applying your technical know-how. Be a part of our embedded engineering teams, that work as a unit with our business partners. Collaborate with trading, sales, asset management, banking, finance and others, to build and automate solutions to keep our firm’s position on the cutting edge. Or, join our core engineering teams, and elevate all of our businesses by providing reliable, scalable platforms for data engineering, machine learning, networking, developer tooling, collaboration and more.

Innovate with UI/UX designers, data scientists, cloud engineers, and more in a collaborative, agile environment where your enthusiasm to take on new problems and learn will have an immediate impact.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

Our team of engineers builds solutions to the most complex problems. We develop cutting-edge software and platforms that form the core of our key business and enable transactions to move in milliseconds. We provide real-time access to critical deal information and process billions of data points each day to inform firm-wide market insights and strategies. Team members have the opportunity to work at the forefront of technology innovation alongside industry leaders and make significant contributions to the field. This position provides a unique opportunity to gain subject matter expertise in both technology and finance.

This is a backend engineering role which will involve working across a variety of areas, primarily micro-service development in Java, Spring and interaction with MongoDB. You will ideally be familiar with distributed services, testing, system monitoring and reporting, and the complete SDLC process.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
• 3+ years experience with Java, Spring & Non-SQL technologies such as MongoDB
• Experience with micro-services, java deployments & Dev Ops tools such as Gitlab
• Full understanding of software development lifecycle best practices
• An ability to drive to goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail
• Strong communication and documentation skills - both verbally and in writing to effectively interact with multiple people and global teams
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Strong team player & experience working with global teams
• Self-motivated individual that possesses excellent time management and organizational skills

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.

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.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

• 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.

• We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.
• 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.

Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.