Transaction Banking - Software Engineering - Analyst / Associate - London

WeAreTechWomen; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A major global investment banking firm is seeking an application developer to enhance their payment platform. You'll be responsible for developing full stack applications, focusing on quality, security, and collaboration with product teams to define requirements. Ideal candidates should have a B.S. in Computer Science and at least 2 years of experience in Java development. This fast-paced role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work effectively in an agile environment. Opportunities for growth abound in a diverse workplace.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Wellness benefits

Mindfulness programs

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience with modern programming languages, preferably Java.
• Experience working with NoSQL and/or Relational databases.
• Proficient in developing with Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test new software features focusing on quality and security.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers on requirements.
• Analyze existing implementations for improvement.

Skills

Full stack application development

Security awareness

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Agile methodologies

Education

B.S. or higher in Computer Science

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

AWS

SQL databases

Job description

WHO WE ARE

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.

Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

Transaction Banking (TxB)

The TxB team aims to bring innovative solutions to traditional banking and lending activities. We combine the strength and heritage of a 148-year-old financial institution with the agility and entrepreneurial spirit of a tech start-up. Our goal is to provide the best client experience using modern technologies centred on data and analytics, providing customers with powerful tools that are grounded in value, transparency and simplicity to improve cash flow management efficiency.

Payments

Payments lie at the heart of what we are doing in Corporate Cash Management and our mission is to build a market-leading payment platform that meets our corporate client's needs. We are starting with a clean slate and one singular goal in mind: Build a highly scalable, resilient, 24x7 available cloud-based payment platform that our corporate clients can rely on to grow their businesses.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

As part of our global team, you will work on various technologies and components as an application developer. Your role includes specification, development, as well as the testing and roll-out of new features focusing on code quality, automation, testability and security. Payment systems, due to their criticality, present unique engineering challenges around resiliency, availability and scale. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the vision, understand our product roadmap and contribute to building an engineering culture within our global team. We expect the successful candidate to deliver high quality software and to be passionate about software engineering. You must have a proficient understanding of software development concepts. A good understanding of the Cloud and Container concepts is a plus. You will also be responsible to develop supportable software and liaise with our SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team to factor in their requirements.

Our flat structure requires and enables team members to evolve through the entire spectrum of the software life cycle and closely collaborate with product owners, business and operations users.

We are looking for someone with lots of energy that has excellent communication skills, enjoys engineering challenges, has a passion to deliver high quality technology products and can operate in a highly fluid, rapidly changing environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Develop full stack applications with due consideration to security, design, validation and SDLC framework
• Collaborate with product managers, business operations, engineers to define product requirements, objectives in building customer-centric products
• Manage multiple tasks and use sound judgment when prioritizing
• Must be passionate about technology and engineering
• Must be independent and comfortable in a fast paced, ambiguous and often multi-directional work environment
• Exceptional analytical skills and ability to apply knowledge and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutions
• Analyse existing software implementations to identify areas of improvement and provide deadline estimates for implementing new features
• Establish trusted partnerships with peers, product heads, and executive level stakeholders
• Ability to leverage technology to deliver business value

Basic qualifications

• B.S. or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
• Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience using a modern programming language (preferably Java)
• Experience in working with databases - NoSQL and/or Relational.
• Proficiency in development with Java, spring boot, REST APIs
• Proficiency with algorithms, data structures and software design
• Experience leveraging test-driven development methodologies
• Comfort with Agile operating models (practical experience of Scrum/Kanban)
• Team oriented, strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Energetic, self-directed, and self-motivated

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with development and design of distributed systems
• Experience with Payments systems (understanding of the various payment networks)
• Experience in Financial Services or Fintech
• Experience with microservice architectures (SOA)
• Experience with Kafka, MongoDB, Hadoop, Cassandra
• Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL/Oracle/Sybase)
• Experience with AWS services - Amazon MSK/Apache kafka, ECS/kubernetes, S3
• Experience with Snowflake
• Experience with Terraform
• Comfort with Agile operating models (practical experience of Scrum / Kanban)

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

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