Software Engineer — AI-Driven Trading Tech (Java)

Goldman Sachs Group; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs invites a Software Engineer to join Global Banking & Markets, Trading Technology in Salt Lake City. You will design, build, and operate high-availability, low-latency cloud-native services and AI-centric tooling for trading desks, with a strong emphasis on secure, observable systems and scalable data paths.

The role requires Java expertise, experience with AI-assisted engineering tools, event-driven architectures, and modern SDLC practices.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software development experience in Java (Java 17+ preferred).
• Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Devin, Gemini Code Assist).
• Experience building event-driven and distributed systems, with messaging platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka).
• Strong SDLC practices: version control, CI/CD pipelines, automated build/test/deploy workflows, and code quality tooling.
• Solid testing discipline: unit, integration, and acceptance testing with modern frameworks.
• Ability to navigate large and unfamiliar codebases with/without AI assistance.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate high-availability, multi-region, cloud-native services with security and observability built in.
• Develop event-driven architectures and optimized data paths for high-throughput trade lifecycle management.
• Partner with engineers and stakeholders to model and digitize business processes and drive modernization.
• Manage the full lifecycle of software components from requirements to release in line with Agile practices.
• Innovate with AI-centric toolchains to accelerate code generation and delivery across SDLC.
• Multiply impact by orchestrating AI coding agents across SDLC to handle large codebases.

Skills

Java

AI-assisted engineering tools

Event-driven systems

SDLC practices

Testing discipline

Large codebases

Communication

Tools

Kafka

Spring Boot

gRPC / Protocol Buffers

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Goldman Sachs invites a Software Engineer to join Global Banking & Markets, Trading Technology in Salt Lake City. You will design, build, and operate high-availability, low-latency cloud-native services and AI-centric tooling for trading desks, with a strong emphasis on secure, observable systems and scalable data paths.

The role requires Java expertise, experience with AI-assisted engineering tools, event-driven architectures, and modern SDLC practices.