Core Engineering, Container Platform Software Engineer, Associate, Singapore

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a talented software engineer to join their Runtime Platform team. This backend-focused role will involve designing a new large-scale container distribution platform, utilizing cutting-edge technologies and collaborating with various teams to ensure a robust and scalable infrastructure. Candidates should have significant programming experience and a strong interest in systems-level problem solving.

Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

Competitive vacation policies

Financial wellness assistance

On-site fitness centers

Child care services

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of relevant prior work experience.
• Programming experience in Go and Python.
• Experience with Linux operating system.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core components of a container image distribution platform.
• Develop software in Go and Python, and implement security best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for system integration.

Skills

Go

Python

Linux

Systems-level problem solving

Analytical skills

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Podman

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking a talented and driven software engineer to join our Runtime Platform team. You will play a key role in the design, development, and testing of a new large-scale, firm-wide container distribution platform. This is a greenfield project that offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge infrastructure technologies, shape foundational components, and influence engineering direction across the firm.

This is a backend-focused role, where you will be working close to the infrastructure layer, building scalable, secure, and performant systems that serve as the foundation for containerized workloads at Goldman Sachs.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core components of a container image distribution platform with a focus on scalability, performance and reliability.
• Develop software in Go, Python, and contribute to Linux system-level components where applicable.
• Work with modern container and orchestration technologies such as Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, and public cloud offerings.
• Implement security best practices in software design and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate infrastructure with internal developer platforms, CI/CD systems, and observability stacks.
• Contribute to a rigorous engineering culture through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
• Write unit, integration, performance and system-level tests to ensure software correctness and operational readiness.
• Troubleshoot complex system-level issues, across the stack (networking, filesystems, namespaces, etc.).
• Stay up to date with emerging trends in container runtimes, image formats (e.g., OCI, lazy loading), and distributed systems.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of relevant prior work experience.
• Programming experience in Go, Python, or another programming language.
• Some exposure to the Linux operating system and a strong interest in learning about filesystems, namespaces, cgroups, and networking.
• Enthusiasm to work in a backend engineering role, with a focus on systems-level problem solving and performance.
• Curiosity about container technologies and modern infrastructure tooling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; comfortable diving into unfamiliar code or concepts.
• Effective communication skills and a collaborative mindset, with the ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams.
• Demonstrated ability to learn independently and take initiative.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with container tools (e.g., Docker, Podman, containerd).
• Exposure to Kubernetes or any container orchestration platform.
• Understanding of cloud computing platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Interest or experience in distributed systems or developer platforms.
• Contributions to open source projects are a plus.

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

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.

Health Services

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.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

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.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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