Software Engineering

What We Do

At 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.

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. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

Aims to bring innovative solutions to traditional banking and lending activities. We are a global team of lenders, investors, risk managers, skilled marketers, web experts and banking specialists. We provide a suite of solutions to help our customers meet their financial goals. We make direct investments in and manage risk for a portfolio of corporate loans and securities. We help transform distressed communities through investments and loans of private capital.

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Database Engineer to drive the architecture, automation, and modernization of our data estate. In this role, you will use Terraform to manage our AWS database infrastructure and lead critical database migration initiatives.

You will support a diverse mix of relational and No

SQL databases—including Mongo

DB—ensuring they are resilient, scalable, and optimized for our data‑intensive environment.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Architect and provision production‑grade database clusters (Aurora, RDS, Mongo
  
  DB/Document
  
  DB) using Terraform, ensuring modularity and state consistency.
• Database Migrations: Plan and execute complex database migrations (e.g., On‑prem to Cloud, or engine conversions) with minimal downtime using tools like AWS DMS (Database Migration Service) or native replication.
• Document
  
  DB Management: Deploy, secure, and scale Mongo
  
  DB clusters (Atlas or Document
  
  DB), optimizing for document structure, indexing strategies, and sharding performance.
• AWS Database Operations: Manage the lifecycle of managed services like Amazon Aurora and Dynamo
  
  DB, focusing on high availability, backups, and disaster recovery.
• Performance Tuning: Analyze query performance and locking issues across both SQL and No
  
  SQL engines to ensure stability under load.

• Cloud Database Engineering: 5+ years of experience engineering AWS database solutions (RDS, Aurora, Dynamo
  
  DB etc.).
• Strong hands‑on experience administering Document databases in a production environment, including index optimization and cluster scaling.
• Proven track record of executing database migrations (heterogeneous or homogeneous) and modernization projects.
• Expertise in writing Terraform for stateful resources (handling lifecycle rules, preventing accidental deletion).
• Ability to write Python scripts for custom automation and migration validation.

• Familiarity with Apache Airflow and Apache Flink ecosystems (understanding how these tools connect to and stress the database layer).
• Experience managing Apache Cassandra for wide‑column storage needs.
• Advanced ability to troubleshoot complex SQL queries and optimize schemas.

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…