Software Engineer | Associate | London | 2026

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

Financial Wellness & Retirement

On-site health centers

Job summary

Goldman Sachs London is seeking an Associate backend engineer to join our Engineering Division. You will work across embedded and core teams to build scalable platforms, collaborating with trading, sales, asset management and finance to deliver high-impact solutions.

The role focuses on backend Java and Spring development, with MongoDB integration, micro-services architecture and mature SDLC practices. A strong communicator and team player is essential for global collaboration.

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.
• An ability to drive to goals and milestones while maintaining attention to detail.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, both verbal and written, for global teams.
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong team player with experience working with global teams.
• Self-motivated with excellent time management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with trading, sales, asset management, banking, finance and others to build and automate solutions.
• Join core engineering teams to provide reliable, scalable platforms for data engineering, ML, networking and tooling.
• Innovate with UI/UX designers, data scientists and cloud engineers in an agile environment to deliver impact.
• Backend focus with Java, Spring and MongoDB, including distributed services, testing and SDLC processes.

Skills

Java

Spring

Distributed systems

DevOps

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

MongoDB

GitLab

Job description

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 the company, 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 the company 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 the company

At the company, 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. 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. : https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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the company 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.

We Offer Best-In-Class BenefitsHealthcare & Medical InsuranceWe 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.Holiday & Vacation PoliciesWe 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 & RetirementWe 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 ServicesWe 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.FitnessTo 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 CareWe 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 the companyRead more about the full suite of class‑leading benefits our firm has to offer.Opportunity OverviewCORPORATE TITLEAssociateOFFICE LOCATION(S)LondonDIVISIONEngineering Division