VP of Software Engineering - Core Platforms & AI

Goldman Sachs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Core Engineering at Goldman Sachs seeks an experienced software engineer to lead end-to-end development in an Agile setting. You will design architectures, craft data workflows, and translate business needs into scalable solutions across Core divisions.

The role emphasizes cloud technologies, distributed systems, and collaboration with global stakeholders. Candidates should have 6+ years of software development, strong analytical and communication skills, and a background in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 6+ years of software development experience.
• Strong analysis and design skills, plus knowledge of data structures, algorithms and performance-oriented design.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end systems development in an Agile environment, from requirements analysis through coding, testing, UAT, implementation and maintenance.
• Produce technical designs, testing strategies and implementation plans.
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into process workflows, data requirements and specifications.
• Build reusable solutions and identify opportunities for cross-divisional collaboration.
• Contribute to data modelling and curation.

Skills

Java or Python

Analysis and design

Communication skills

Distributed microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/Math/EE

Tools

AWS (S3, SQS, Lambda, Fargate)

RDBMS knowledge

Kafka / Spark

Agentic AI coding tools

Job description

The Core Engineering at Goldman Sachs seeks an experienced software engineer to lead end-to-end development in an Agile setting. You will design architectures, craft data workflows, and translate business needs into scalable solutions across Core divisions.

The role emphasizes cloud technologies, distributed systems, and collaboration with global stakeholders. Candidates should have 6+ years of software development, strong analytical and communication skills, and a background in