VP of Software Engineering — Lead Global Platforms (London)

Goldman Sachs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in London seeks a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead end-to-end systems development in an Agile environment. You will translate business needs into scalable data pipelines, platforms, and microservices, collaborating with global stakeholders across The Core engineering landscape.

The role requires 6+ years of software development, strong architecture skills, and hands-on coding in Java or Python, with cloud experience (AWS) and data modelling proficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of software development experience.
• Strong analysis and design skills; knowledge of data structures and performance-oriented design.
• Excellent communication with global stakeholders; able to translate business needs to technical specs.
• Hands-on programming in Java or Python; experience with distributed microservices.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end software development in an Agile environment.
• Produce technical designs, testing strategies and implementation plans.
• Collaborate withFinance stakeholders to translate business needs into data requirements.
• Build reusable solutions and drive cross-divisional collaboration.
• Contribute to data modelling and data curation.

Skills

Java

Python

System design

Distributed systems

Cloud AWS

RDBMS

Data modelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Agentic AI coding tools (Claude Code, Co-Pilot Agent Mode, Devin)

AWS (S3, SQS, Lambda, Fargate)

Job description

Goldman Sachs in London seeks a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead end-to-end systems development in an Agile environment. You will translate business needs into scalable data pipelines, platforms, and microservices, collaborating with global stakeholders across The Core engineering landscape.

The role requires 6+ years of software development, strong architecture skills, and hands-on coding in Java or Python, with cloud experience (AWS) and data modelling proficiency.