Software Engineering - SRE Data - Software Engineer - Associate - Dallas

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs seeks an Associate Data SRE Software Engineer in Dallas to help build scalable data platforms with a strong emphasis on reliability and observability. You will work on Lakehouse and Data Lake technologies, collaborating with data engineers and product teams to ensure low latency and cost-efficient operations.

The role requires a developer background, cloud experience across AWS/Azure/GCP, and hands-on coding in Python or Java.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a computational field (CS, Math, Engineering) or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of cloud technology for data processing and warehousing.
• Drive SRE strategy for GS platforms including Lakehouse and Data Lake.
• Engage with data consumers and producers to match reliability and cost requirements.
• Develop data-driven deliverables and postmortems, owning incident response.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Independent thinker

Analytical problem-solving

Ownership and urgency

DevOps and SRE principles

Education

Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering / related field

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Azure

GCP

Grafana

PromQL

Python

Java

OpenTelemetry

GitLab

Job description

Software Engineering - SRE Data - Software Engineer - Associate - Dallas

Job Description

What We Do

Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets. Engineering, which is comprised of our Technology Division and global strategists groups, is at the critical centre of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here. Who We Look For Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

About Data Engineering SRE

Data plays a critical role in every facet of the Goldman Sachs business. The Data Engineering group is at the core of that offering, focusing on providing the platform, processes, and governance, for enabling the availability of clean, organized, and impactful data to scale, streamline, and empower our core businesses. Within Data Engineering, we run and operate some of Goldman Sachs largest platforms, our clients are engineers and analyst across all business units that depend on our platforms for daily business deliverables. As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) on the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for observability, cost and capacity with operational accountability for some of Goldman Sachs’s largest data platforms. We are engaged in the full lifecycle of platforms from design to demise with an adapted SRE strategy to the lifecycle.

Who We Are Looking For

You have a background as a developer and can express yourself in code. You have a focus on Reliability, Observability, Capacity Management, DevOps and SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle). You are a self-leader that is comfortable taking on problem statements with n-degrees of freedom and structure them into data driven deliverables. You drive strategy with “skin in the game”, you are on the rota with the team, you drive Postmortems and you have an attitude that the problem stops with you.

How You Will Fulfil Your Potential

• Drive adoption of cloud technology for data processing and warehousing
• You will drive SRE strategy for some of GS largest platforms including Lakehouse and Data Lake
• Engage with data consumers and producers to match reliability and cost requirements
• You will drive strategy with data Relevant Technologies: Snowflake, AWS, Grafana, PromQL, Python, Java, Open Telemetry, Gitlab Basic

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Masters degree in a computational field (Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or in a related quantitative discipline)
• 1-4+ years of relevant work experience in a team-focused environment
• 1-2 years hands on developer experience at some point in career
• Understanding and experience of DevOps and SRE principles and automation, managing technical and operational risk
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Proven experience in driving strategy with data
• Deep understanding of multi-dimensionality of data, data curation and data quality, such as traceability, security, performance latency and correctness across supply and demand processes
• In-depth knowledge of relational and columnar SQL databases, including database design
• Expertise in data warehousing concepts (e.g. star schema, entitlement implementations, SQL v/s NoSQL modelling, milestoning, indexing, partitioning)
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to work with subject matter experts to extract critical business concepts
• Independent thinker, willing to engage, challenge or learn
• Ability to stay commercially focused and to always push for quantifiable commercial impact
• Strong work ethic, a sense of ownership and urgency
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with key contacts and users across business and engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of Data Lake / Lakehouse technologies incl. Apache Iceberg
• Experience with cloud databases (e.g. Snowflake, Big Query
• Understanding concepts of data modelling
• Working knowledge of open-source tools such as AWS lambda, Prometheus
• Experience coding in Java or Python

Job Info

• Job Identification 179758
• Job Category Associate
• Posting Date 09/14/2026, 07:32 PM
• Locations Dallas, TX, United States

Healthcare & Medical Services

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We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

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We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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