Software Engineering-Dallas-Vice President

Goldman Sachs; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is looking for talented Java developers to join the IT Asset Management team. This role involves redesigning and maintaining technology asset and application inventory systems integral to our cloud infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in software development and Java, as well as expertise in distributed NoSQL technologies and cloud computing in AWS. The position offers opportunities for leadership and mentoring junior engineers within a collaborative global team.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in software development and engineering.
• Technical leadership experience, leading development teams and developing staff.
• Experienced Java developer with a solid grasp of Java development and testing best practices.

Responsibilities

• Owns and is accountable for design and build of firm-wide software systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and define solutions.
• Implement best practices for software development and engineering processes.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers.

Skills

Java development

Technical leadership

Analytical mindset

NoSQL technologies (Cassandra, MongoDB, ElasticSearch)

Cloud computing (AWS)

RESTful APIs

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Job description

The IT Asset Management team delivers enterprise-wide technology asset and application inventory systems. Our platforms are used firm-wide by all business units to manage the global inventory of technology physical and software assets and the central inventory of applications.

We are looking for talented and energetic Java developers to help redesign and maintain our technology asset and application inventory systems, which are integral to large parts of our cloud and technology infrastructure, used by thousands of users across our engineering organization. The successful candidate will gain an understanding of the firm’s technology infrastructure and cloud technologies and concepts, participating in all phases of a project life cycle and working with extremely bright and motivated individuals, who focus on Java development and strive for continuous process improvement. They would be accountable for the modernization of applications, including owning the replatform to cloud-native technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Owns and is accountable for design, build out, and maintenance of distributed, multi-region, scalable, resilient, firm-wide software systems and applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, define technical solutions and establish architecture.
• Implement and maintain best practices for software development and engineering processes.
• Develop and maintain software and process documentation, including design specifications, user guides and support documentation.
• Collaborate with platform infrastructure and application teams to successfully onboard them onto our central asset and application inventory platforms.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability and performance of software systems.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex software issues.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers.

Basic Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in software development and engineering.
• Technical leadership experience, leading development teams and developing staff.
• Experienced Java developer with a solid grasp of Java development and testing best practices.
• Strong technical skills, analytical mindset, creative, enjoys the challenge of solving interesting and sometimes difficult technical problems.
• Experience with distributed NoSQL technologies such as Cassandra, MongoDB and ElasticSearch.
• Team player, eager to work in a global organization.
• Commercially focused; seeks to understand the requirements and how they will benefit our clients, stakeholders, and business.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience with designing and building high-throughput, scalable, resilient enterprise systems.
• Experience working with cloud computing technologies in AWS (RDS/Aurora; S3; DMS; ECS/EKS; EC2; IAM; VPC).
• AWS Certifications (Solution Architect, Developer Associate/Professional).
• Experience with building RESTful APIs.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
• Good oral and written communication skills.