Software Engineer | Associate | Birmingham

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What we doAt 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES As a software engineer, you are the change agents that transform Goldman Sachs by applying your technical know-how. Be a part of our embedded engineering teams, that work as a unit with our business partners. Collaborate with trading, sales, asset management, banking, finance and others, to build and automate solutions to keep our firm’s position on the cutting edge. Or, join our core engineering teams, and elevate all of our businesses by providing reliable, scalable platforms for data engineering, machine learning, networking, developer tooling, collaboration and more.

Innovate with UI/UX designers, data scientists, cloud engineers, and more in a collaborative, agile environment where your enthusiasm to take on new problems and learn will have an immediate impact.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL 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.

This position provides a unique opportunity to gain subject matter expertise in both technology and finance.

This is a backend engineering role which will involve working across a variety of areas, primarily micro-service development in Java, Spring and interaction with MongoDB. You will ideally be familiar with distributed services, testing, system monitoring and reporting, and the complete SDLC process. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field3+ years experience with Java, Spring & Non-SQL technologies such as MongoDB Experience with micro-services, java deployments & Dev Ops tools such as Gitlab Full understanding of software development lifecycle best practices

An ability to drive to goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail

Strong communication and documentation skills - both verbally and in writing to effectively interact with multiple people and global teams

Excellent judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills

Strong team player & experience working with global teams

Self-motivated individual that possesses excellent time management and organizational skills ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHSAt 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…