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The Core Engineering - London - Vice President - Software Engineering

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Posted 15 days ago

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**VP of Software Engineering - The Core (London)** - **Seniority:** Vice President - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Keywords:** Software Engineering, Agile, Cloud Technologies, Python, Java, AI, AWS, RDBMS, Data Modeling - **Responsibilities:** Manage end-to-end systems development, produce technical designs, collaborate with stakeholders, build reusable solutions, contribute to data modeling. - **Qualifications:** Bachelor's degree or relevant experience, 6+ years of software development, expertise in programming (Python, Java), cloud technologies, AI tools, RDBMS, distributed applications.

Compensation
Not specified

Currency: Not specified

City
London
Country
United Kingdom

Full Job Description

The Core Engineering - London - Vice President - Software EngineeringLondon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLEVice President
OFFICE LOCATION(S)London
JOB FUNCTIONSoftware Engineering
DIVISIONThe Core Engineering

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 firms compliance, regulatory, and reputational risks; Corporate Treasury, responsible for the firms 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 Engineerings 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 firms 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 firms 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 

 

Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end systems development in an Agile environment, from requirements analysis through coding, testing, UAT, implementation and maintenance.
  • Produce technical designs, testing strategies and implementation plans.
  • Partner with Finance stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into process workflows, data requirements and specifications.
  • Build reusable solutions and identify opportunities for cross-divisional collaboration.
  • Contribute to data modelling and curation.

 

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree or relevant experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
  • 6+ years of software development experience.
  • Strong analysis and design skills, plus knowledge of data structures, algorithms and performance-oriented design.
  • Strong communication skills with both technical and business audiences, and comfortable working with multiple global stakeholders.

 

Expert Knowledge in One Or More Of

  • Hands-on programming experience in Java or Python
  • Significant solutions architecture and system design experience
  • Experience of using Agentic AI coding tools - e.g. Claude Code, Co-Pilot Agent Mode, Devin
  • Experienced with Cloud Technologies ideally AWS e.g. S3, SQS, Lambda, Fargate
  • Strong RDBMS knowledge
  • Experience developing distributed, micro services-based applications.
  • Experience with data modelling and curation for large-scale datasets

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge or interest in investment banking or financial instruments
  • Experience with big data concepts, such as Lakehouse, ETL data pipelines (e.g. Spark, AWS Glue)
  • Experience with near real time and event-based systems like Kafka
 
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

 
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. 

 
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers. 

 
Were committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

 

 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

 

We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits
Healthcare & Medical Insurance
We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.
Holiday & Vacation Policies
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 Services
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.
Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
Child Care & Family Care
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.
Benefits at Goldman Sachs
Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
Learn More

The Core Engineering - London - Vice President - Software Engineering

Compensation

Not specified

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Goldman Sachs logo
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

15 days ago

No clicks

at Goldman Sachs

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

**VP of Software Engineering - The Core (London)** - **Seniority:** Vice President - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Keywords:** Software Engineering, Agile, Cloud Technologies, Python, Java, AI, AWS, RDBMS, Data Modeling - **Responsibilities:** Manage end-to-end systems development, produce technical designs, collaborate with stakeholders, build reusable solutions, contribute to data modeling. - **Qualifications:** Bachelor's degree or relevant experience, 6+ years of software development, expertise in programming (Python, Java), cloud technologies, AI tools, RDBMS, distributed applications.

Full Job Description

The Core Engineering - London - Vice President - Software EngineeringLondon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLEVice President
OFFICE LOCATION(S)London
JOB FUNCTIONSoftware Engineering
DIVISIONThe Core Engineering

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 firms compliance, regulatory, and reputational risks; Corporate Treasury, responsible for the firms 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 Engineerings 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 firms 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 firms 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 

 

Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end systems development in an Agile environment, from requirements analysis through coding, testing, UAT, implementation and maintenance.
  • Produce technical designs, testing strategies and implementation plans.
  • Partner with Finance stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into process workflows, data requirements and specifications.
  • Build reusable solutions and identify opportunities for cross-divisional collaboration.
  • Contribute to data modelling and curation.

 

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree or relevant experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
  • 6+ years of software development experience.
  • Strong analysis and design skills, plus knowledge of data structures, algorithms and performance-oriented design.
  • Strong communication skills with both technical and business audiences, and comfortable working with multiple global stakeholders.

 

Expert Knowledge in One Or More Of

  • Hands-on programming experience in Java or Python
  • Significant solutions architecture and system design experience
  • Experience of using Agentic AI coding tools - e.g. Claude Code, Co-Pilot Agent Mode, Devin
  • Experienced with Cloud Technologies ideally AWS e.g. S3, SQS, Lambda, Fargate
  • Strong RDBMS knowledge
  • Experience developing distributed, micro services-based applications.
  • Experience with data modelling and curation for large-scale datasets

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge or interest in investment banking or financial instruments
  • Experience with big data concepts, such as Lakehouse, ETL data pipelines (e.g. Spark, AWS Glue)
  • Experience with near real time and event-based systems like Kafka
 
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

 
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. 

 
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers. 

 
Were committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

 

 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

 

We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits
Healthcare & Medical Insurance
We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.
Holiday & Vacation Policies
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 Services
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.
Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
Child Care & Family Care
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.
Benefits at Goldman Sachs
Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.
Learn More