Engineering- Seattle - Vice President, Software Engineering

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

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Seattle seeks a Vice President of Software Engineering to guide the design, development, and deployment of scalable software solutions across our global businesses. You will own requirements, user stories, testing, and UAT, ensuring robust quality and timely delivery.

You will drive architecture decisions, evaluate new technologies, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with internal teams to meet regulatory requirements in a fast-paced financial environment.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's in CS/CE/IS or related field with required years of experience.
• Three (3) years with Master's or five (5) years with Bachelor's in the listed techs and lifecycle.
• Proficiency in Java, C#, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, React; and experience with REST/microservices, cloud, and databases.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, support and maintain Goldman Sachs software solutions.
• Own requirements gathering, user stories, development, testing, and deployment.
• Design and implement scalable, high-quality technology solutions.
• Lead SDLC processes and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Mentor juniors and provide training and guidance.

Skills

Java

C#

Go

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Spring

Hibernate

.NET

Node.js

RabbitMQ

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MongoDB

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 employment 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: Java, C#, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, and React; 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, .Net, Nodejs, RabbitMQ, or Kafka; relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Postgres or Oracle; micro-services architecture design and development including REST, Spring, or other back-end technologies; database query languages, including SQL or NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB; building and deploying solutions in cloud providers including AWS, Azure, or GCP; and building applications using AI Code generation tools including Claude, Codex, or Gemini.

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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