VP: Software Engineering Lead — Billing Platform Architect

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Birmingham, UK seeks an Asset & Wealth Management Software Engineering Lead (Vice President) to guide a local engineering team, set technical direction, review code, and drive billing platform initiatives from conception to production.

This leadership role requires deep software engineering experience, cloud and AI awareness, and the ability to translate business needs into robust, scalable services while mentoring colleagues and collaborating with global teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Software Engineering.
• 2+ years in a leadership/management role.
• Experience building scalable software solutions.
• Cloud and AI awareness for modern platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, onboard a local Birmingham engineering team; provide technical direction.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable billing platform and cloud-enabled services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specs and APIs.
• Represent the Birmingham team in internal engineering forums and local community.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Project ownership

Mentorship

Tools

Spring

REST services

JMS

Hibernate/JPA

Kafka

MongoDB

AWS

Job description

Goldman Sachs in Birmingham, UK seeks an Asset & Wealth Management Software Engineering Lead (Vice President) to guide a local engineering team, set technical direction, review code, and drive billing platform initiatives from conception to production.

This leadership role requires deep software engineering experience, cloud and AI awareness, and the ability to translate business needs into robust, scalable services while mentoring colleagues and collaborating with global teams.