Engineering- Jersey City - Associate, Software Engineering

Goldman Sachs; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 149,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Jersey City, New Jersey, is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to develop, enhance and maintain the Firm’s end-to-end software and data engineering solutions. You will design scalable technology and participate in requirements gathering, unit/integration testing, UAT and deployment, while working with cross-functional teams across the SDLC.

The role requires knowledge of C++ or Java, Spring and microservices, CI/CD, and cloud IaC tools, with a focus on reliability and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (US or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems or related field with 1 year of software engineering experience OR Bachelor’s degree in same fields with 3 years of experience.
• Experience in full software development lifecycle: requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, deployment and production support.
• Strong programming skills in C++ or Java and experience with micro-services architectures and REST APIs.
• Proficiency with Agile/Scrum methodologies and observability of production pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, support and maintain end-to-end software and data engineering solutions.
• Design scalable, high-quality technology solutions leveraging internal and open-source services.
• Contribute across SDLC phases: requirements, design, unit/integration/ regression testing, UAT and deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, observable production systems.

Skills

C++

Java

SDLC

Agile/Scrum

Microservices

REST

CI/CD

Observability

RDBMS

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ/Kafka

Python/Go/Bash

Education

Master’s degree in CS/CE/IS

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/IS

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Spring

Hibernate

RabbitMQ

Kafka

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Job Duties

Associate, Software Engineering with Goldman Sachs & Co LLC in Jersey City, New Jersey. Develop, enhance, support and maintain the Firm’s end to end software and data engineering solutions in support of its global businesses. Design and implement high-quality, scalable and thoughtful technology solutions leveraging both internal and open-source services. Assist in requirements gathering, user story refinement, development, testing (unit, integration and regression), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and deployment. Work with several cross functional and cross engineering 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.

Job Requirements

Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems or a related field and one (1) year of experience in job offered or 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 three (3) years of experience in job offered or a related software engineering role. Prior experience must include one (1) year with Master’s OR three (3) years with Bachelor’s with the following skills: C++ or Java; full software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and production support including observability of production pipelines; collaborative teamwork and continuous project improvement using Agile and Scrum methodologies; building multi-threaded and multi-process service-oriented C++ or Java enterprise applications within Unix environment; programming technologies including Java, Spring, Hibernate, RabbitMQ, or Kafka; relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Sybase or Oracle; micro-services architecture design and development including REST, Java, Spring, or other back-end technologies; infrastructure as Code (IaC) including Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible; scripting Languages including Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, or Java; and CI/CD Workflows including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins

Salary Range

Annual base salary for this Jersey City, New Jersey -based position is $149,000 - $168,700.

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