The Core Engineering-Bengaluru-Vice President-Software Engineering

Goldman Sachs Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs Bengaluru seeks a Senior Developer in Risk Technology to join a fast-moving team responsible for delivering large-scale risk calculations and analytics. You will work on memory- and CPU-optimized applications, using SQL and Tableau for reporting, and contribute to front-end UI for risk management actions.

The role requires experience across Scala, Java, Python, Spark, and a strong SDLC background, with opportunities to mentor juniors and collaborate with global risk teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in CS, Math, EEE or related field.
• 6-9 years of experience in risk technology teams in banks or financial institutions.
• Experience with major relational or object databases.
• Strong software development fundamentals and algorithms knowledge.
• Comfortable working with multiple languages and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with risk metrics data and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Senior Developer to lead large projects with global team of developers and risk managers.
• Tune performance to improve memory and CPU utilization.
• Perform statistical analyses to identify trends and exceptions in Market Risk metrics.
• Build internal/external reporting for the output of risk metric calculations using SQL and Tableau.
• Develop web applications for front end UI used in risk management actions.
• Develop calculation software using Snowflake, Sybase IQ and distributed HDFS systems.
• Interact with business users to resolve application issues.
• Oversee SDLC activities including design, code reviews, and production migrations.

Skills

Risk technology experience

Databases

Software fundamentals

Multi-language proficiency

SDLC knowledge

Analytical skills

Education

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

Tools

Scala

Java

Python

Spark

Linux

Shell scripting

JUnit

Maven

Gradle

Ant

Apache Airflow

Slang

SECDB

DASK

Job description

RISK BUSINESS

The Risk Business identifies, monitors, evaluates, and manages the firm’s financial and non-financial risks in support of the firm’s Risk Appetite Statement and the firm’s strategic plan. Operating in a fast paced and dynamic environment and utilizing the best in class risk tools and frameworks, Risk teams are analytically curious, have an aptitude to challenge, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

Overview

To ensure uncompromising accuracy and timeliness in the delivery of the risk metrics, our platform is continuously growing and evolving. Risk Engineering combines the principles of Computer Science, Mathematics and Finance to produce large scale, computationally intensive calculations of risk Goldman Sachs faces with each transaction we engage in.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

• Senior Developer in large projects across a global team of developers and risk managers
• Performance tune applications to improve memory and CPU utilization.
• Perform statistical analyses to identify trends and exceptions related Market Risk metrics.
• Build internal and external reporting for the output of risk metric calculation using data extraction tools, such as SQL, and data visualization tools, such as Tableau.
• Utilize web development technologies to facilitate application development for front end UI used for risk management actions
• Develop software for calculations using databases like Snowflake, Sybase IQ and distributed HDFS systems.
• Interact with business users for resolving issues with applications.
• Design and support batch processes using scheduling infrastructure for calculation and distributing data to other systems.
• Oversee junior technical team members in all aspects of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including design, code review and production migrations.

Skills And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline
• 6-9 years’ experience is working risk technology team in another bank, financial institution. Experience in market risk technology is a plus.
• Experience with one or more major relational / object databases.
• Experience in software development, including a clear understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design and core programming concepts
• Comfortable multi-tasking, managing multiple stakeholders and working as part of a team
• Comfortable with working with multiple languages
• Technologies: Scala, Java, Python, Spark, Linux and shell scripting, TDD (JUnit), build tools (Maven/Gradle/Ant)
• Experience in working with process scheduling platforms like Apache Airflow.
• Should be ready to work in GS proprietary technology like Slang/SECDB
• An understanding of compute resources and the ability to interpret performance metrics (e.g., CPU, memory, threads, file handles).
• Knowledge and experience in distributed computing – parallel computation on a single machine like DASK, Distributed processing on Public Cloud.
• Knowledge of SDLC and experience in working through entire life cycle of the project from start to end

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.

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