The Core Engineering, Data Reconciliation, Dallas, Vice President, Software Engineering

Candidate Experience Site - Lateral; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs looking for a Vice President of Software Engineering in Dallas to lead The Core Engineering's data reconciliation and platform initiatives. You will drive critical financial systems powering P&L, capital, and liquidity metrics.

You will partner with global teams, design scalable architectures, and mentor engineers. The role demands deep finance domain knowledge, strong communication, and a track record of delivering complex projects across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline is required.
• 10+ years of Engineering Industry experience is desirable.
• 5+ years of development experience with Java and other programming languages.
• Knowledge of traditional (RDBMS) and NoSQL datastores.
• Cloud experience is preferred.
• Experience designing and architecting systems.
• Experience defining a long term vision for a product.
• Strong project and people management skills.
• Excellent communication skills for technical and business audiences.
• Experience in financial domain is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial systems to manage P&L, capital, and liquidity.
• Define the vision for systems to support strategies in a changing regulatory landscape.
• Partner with other divisions and engineering teams to meet goals.
• Understand business needs and develop data requirements and specs.
• Develop high level and detailed technical designs, testing strategies, and implementation plans.
• Implement and maintain best practices for software development and engineering processes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Java development

System architecture

Finance domain

Stakeholder relationships

Cloud experience

Product vision

Communication

People management

Long-term vision

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Job description

The Core Engineering, Data Reconciliation, Dallas, Vice President, Software Engineering

Job Description

The Core Engineering

The Core Engineering builds and operates the platforms, applications, data solutions, models, and analytics that power critical processes for The Core divisions of the firm (e.g., Risk, responsible for the risk profile of firm activities; Controllers, responsible for the financial control and reporting obligations; Compliance, responsible for the firm’s compliance, regulatory, and reputational risks; Corporate Treasury, responsible for the firm’s liquidity, funding, balance sheet, etc.; and Human Capital Management, responsible for attracting, developing, and managing a global workforce). A centralized engineering structure in support of The Core enables a common platform model and operating framework that promotes consistent governance and scalable solutions, leveraging cloud, AI, and machine learning for innovation and efficiency. The Core Engineering’s 2,000+ engineers and strats deliver engineering, data, analytics, and quantitative capabilities within six business units:

Metrics & Analytics Platforms: responsible for the measurement and management of the firm’s risk, capital, and liquidity for The Core functions

The Core Strats: responsible for the development and implementation of models and other quantitative methodologies, including the accuracy and attribution of modeled metrics

Financials & Reporting: responsible for facilitating the production of the firm’s financials and a wide range of reporting functions

Non-Financial Risk & Controls: responsible for non-financial risk and control processes

Enterprise Platforms: responsible for platforms and applications that support critical operational processes across The Core such as payments, people processes, and procurement

Shared Services: responsible for driving the adoption of consistent engineering strategy, including data platforms, cloud, and AI enablement, as well as the management of technology risk

OUR Impact:

The Core Engineering is responsible for designing and implementing solutions to manage the firm’s P&L, measure and monitor the firm’s capital, balance sheet and liquidity metrics, and regulatory obligations. Our global agile teams (based across Americas, EMEA, and Asia) develop and manage the platforms, calculation engines, and analytical tools that controllers, risk management, and deal-making teams use to project, monitor and report externally to regulators for both regular business activity and under stress scenarios

YOUR Impact:

Our team of engineers builds solutions to the most complex problems. We develop cutting-edge software and platforms that form the core of our key business and enable transactions to move in milliseconds. We provide real-time access to critical deal information and process billions of data points each day to inform firm-wide market insights and strategies. Team members have the opportunity to work at the forefront of technology innovation alongside industry leaders and make significant contributions to the field. You will leverage your technical skills and functional expertise in P&L, balance sheet or regulatory capital (Basel 3) to build new infrastructure for the firm’s books and records or for new regulatory capital rules released as part of Basel 3 End game. The position would provide a unique opportunity to drive one of the most impactful initiatives at the firm and to directly engage with colleagues and senior management across revenue areas, Risk and Engineering.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Build and maintain financial systems that manage the firm’s P&L, measure and monitor the firm’s capital, balance sheet and liquidity metrics, and regulatory obligations.
• Defining the vision for the systems that can support our forward-looking business strategies and decisions in an evolving regulatory landscape.
• Partnering with other divisions and engineering teams to ensure we meet our goals.
• Understand and respond to business needs, facilitating and developing process workflow, data requirements, and specifications required to support implementation.
• Develop high level and detailed technical designs, testing strategies, and implementation plans.
• Implement and maintain best practices for software development and engineering processes.

SKLLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• 10+ years of Engineering Industry experience
• 5+ years of development experience with Java and other programming languages
• Knowledge of traditional (RDBMS) and modern datastores (NoSQL)
• Preferred experience with Cloud
• Experience designing and architecting systems
• Experience defining a long term vision for a product
• Strong project and people management skills
• Experience building and sustaining long-term relationships with stakeholders and colleagues
• Excellent communication skills including experience speaking to technical and business audiences and working globally
• Experience in financial domain

Job Info

• Job Identification 171064
• Job Category Vice President
• Posting Date 10/14/2026, 03:04 PM
• Locations Dallas, TX, United States

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