Engineering-L2-Warsaw-Vice President-Security Engineering

Goldman Sachs; Województwo mazowieckie; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Engineering-L2 Warsaw Vice President focused on Security Engineering. You will join a community of internal penetration testers, performing tests across web apps, cloud, and infrastructure, while leveraging AI tools to drive security research and improvements.

You will collaborate with technology teams on in-house projects and external cloud adoptions to deliver secure products and solutions, growing expertise within the firm’s risk advisory ethos.

Qualifications

• Experience in penetration testing across the mentioned areas.
• Strong understanding of web security topics, ability to build exploit chains and articulate impact of findings.
• Experience in analysing complex infrastructural systems by code review, server and cloud configuration analysis, reverse engineering and fuzzing.
• Experience in using LLM tools in security analysis. Experience in building own AI-assisted tools to get the work done.
• Working knowledge of common security tools (Burp Suite, Wireshark, Ghidra, netcat)
• Familiarity with one or more languages (Java, Javascript, Python, C++, C#)
• Well versed with TCP/IP stack and network protocols
• High level knowledge of cryptography concepts

Responsibilities

• Perform penetration tests across web apps, cloud systems, and infrastructure to uncover critical vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with teams to address findings and propose improvements.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate security research efforts.
• Grow and share knowledge with the internal pentest community at Goldman Sachs.

Skills

Penetration testing

Web security

Code review

Reverse engineering

Fuzzing

LLM tools in security

AI-assisted tooling

Burp Suite

Wireshark

Ghidra

Netcat

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science / Cyber-Security / Information Security

Tools

Burp Suite

Wireshark

Ghidra

Netcat

Job description

Engineering-L2-Warsaw-Vice President-Security Engineering

Job Description

RISK ADVISORY delivers best in class advisory support and technology solutions across the information security risk domain including scalable uplifts of common core security solutions for use across Goldman Sachs. Prevents the misuse, unauthorized disclosure, or loss of firm data across e-mail, file transfer, and the Internet. Ensures business continuity and technology resilience by safeguarding Goldman Sachs from major operational disruptions through preventativemeasures including business planning, capability design,and the testing of mitigants.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

You will be a member of a strong community of internal penetration testers, with exposure to all parts of the firm and its most critical systems. The role involves penetration testing of a wide variety of applications, including web applications, infrastructure and cloud. You will work on the leading edge of AI transformation in information security – using latest LLM models, building new tools and redefining the role of a pentester.

In this role, you will join one of the most progressive Technology Risk teams in the industry which continues to push the development of risk in preference to security within technology and the business. You will collaborate with technology teams on both in house projects and external cloud adoptions to deliver secure products and solutions.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Perform penetration tests and find impactful vulnerabilities in a wide variety of web applications, cloud-based systems, and infrastructure platforms (e.g. banking websites, payment applications, authentication systems, core internal frameworks, critical infrastructure)
• Work with teams to recommend ways of addressing vulnerabilities and propose systematic improvements.
• Leverage AI tools to focus your efforts on the most creative parts of the security research process.
• Grow and share your knowledge with the community of internal pentesters at Goldman Sachs.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Experience in penetration testing across the mentioned areas.
• Strong understanding of web security topics, ability to build exploit chains and articulate impact of individual findings.
• Experience in analysing complex infrastructural systems by code review, server and cloud configuration analysis, reverse engineering and fuzzing.
• Experience in using LLM tools in security analysis. Experience in building own AI-assisted tools to get the work done.
• Working knowledge of common security tools (Burp Suite, Wireshark, Ghidra, netcat)
• Familiarity with one or more languages (Java, Javascript, Python, C++, C#)
• Well versed with TCP/IP stack and network protocols
• High level knowledge of cryptography concepts

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in adopting or crafting custom proof of concept exploits
• Knowledge of common cloud products and solutions
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Cyber-Security, or Information Security is preferred
• Experience or trainings in related disciplines e.g. computer security, network security, network device management, IT administration, cloud security, infrastructure pentesting is preferred
• Certificates (of equivalent knowledge) like OSCP, OSEP, OSWP

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 GS.com/careers.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Job Info

• Job Identification 188485
• Job Category Vice President
• Posting Date 11/06/2026, 05:43 PM
• Locations Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Healthcare & Medical Services

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

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

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We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the‑art on‑site health centers in certain offices.

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We offer on‑site child care centers that provide full‑time and emergency back‑up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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