Asset & Wealth Management-Seattle-Vice President, Software Engineering

Goldman Sachs; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Seattle, WA seeks a Vice President of Software Engineering to develop, enhance, and maintain firm software solutions across global businesses.

Responsibilities include requirements gathering, UAT, deployment, and guiding junior engineers. The role covers design, testing, and adoption of scalable, compliant technology with both internal and open-source services.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree with 3–5+ years in software engineering or related field.
• Experience across software development lifecycle: requirements, design, coding, testing, deployment, production support.
• Experience with multi-threaded/multi-process enterprise applications and REST/Spring-based back-end tech.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, support and maintain Goldman Sachs software solutions.
• Own requirements gathering, user story refinement, development, testing, and deployment.
• Design and implement scalable technology solutions leveraging internal/open-source services.
• Provide training and guidance to junior team members.

Skills

C++

Java

Full SDLC

Unix

Spring

Hibernate

RabbitMQ

Kafka

SQL

NoSQL

Education

Master’s degree in CS/CE/IS or related field

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/IS or related field

Tools

Sybase

Oracle

Job description

Job Duties

Vice President, Software Engineering with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in Seattle, Washington. Develop, enhance, support and maintain the Firm’s software solutions in support of its global businesses. Design and implement high-quality, scalable and thoughtful technology solutions leveraging both internal and open-source services. Own requirements gathering, user story refinement, development, testing (unit, integration and regression), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and deployment. Work with internal teams to develop solution designs. Identify new external technologies that can be used to transform our financial businesses and internal platforms in innovative and disruptive ways. Work in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to meet internal and regulatory requirements. Design, implement and maintain robust testing suites to enable safe, complete, and scalable solutions across our business lines. Provide training and guidance to junior team members.

Job Requirements

Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems or a related field and three (3) years of experience in job offered or a related software engineering role OR Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems or a related field and five (5) years of experience in job offered or a related software engineering role. Prior experience must include three (3) years of experience (with a Master’s degree) OR five (5) years of experience (with a Bachelor's degree) with 5 of the 7 following skills: C++ or Java; full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and production support; building multi-threaded and multi-process service-oriented enterprise applications within Unix environment; programming technologies including Spring, Hibernate, RabbitMQ, or Kafka; relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Sybase or Oracle; micro-services architecture design and development including REST, Spring, or other back-end technologies; and database query languages, including SQL or NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB.

Salary Range

Annual base salary for this Seattle, Washington based position is $207,000 - $260,000. May be eligible for a bonus at fiscal year-end. See benefits summary here: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/discover/benefits-summary-US.pdf

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