Asset&Wealth Management-Senior Cloud Data Engineer-Vice President-Dallas

Who We Look For:

Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions for various divisions. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

We are seeking a high-caliber, hands‑on
Senior
Cloud Data Engineer
. While you will provide architectural guidance, your primary impact will come from
hands‑on engineering
: building production-ready data pipelines, containerizing microservices for
Amazon ECS
, and executing the technical migration of legacy on-premises systems to AWS.

• Active Migration Execution:Directly execute the migration of legacy ETL and microservices to AWS. This includes refactoring monolithic code into containerized services and deploying them to Amazon ECS (Fargate/EC2).
• Containerization & Orchestration:Build and maintain Docker images, write complex ECS Task Definitions, and configure service-to-service communication using Amazon ECS Service Connect and AWS Cloud Map.
• Data Pipeline Engineering:Develop end-to-end data flows using AWS Glue (PySpark), Amazon EMR, and Snowflake. Implement "Lakehouse" patterns using Apache Iceberg to ensure data portability.
• Infrastructure & Automation-as-Code
  • IaC Development: Write and maintain production-grade Terraform or AWS CDK modules to provision VPCs, ECS clusters, and RDS instances. Ensure all infrastructure is version-controlled and deployed via Git Hub Actions or Git Lab CI.
  • AI-Augmented Coding: Actively use AI coding assistants (e.g., Git Hub Copilot) to refactor legacy SQL, generate unit tests, and automate the creation of boilerplate pipeline code.
  • Toil Reduction: Identify manual bottlenecks in the migration process and build custom automation tools in Python or Go to streamline data validation and schema conversion.
• Technical Leadership & Reliability
  • Code Reviews & Standards: Lead rigorous peer code reviews, enforcing standards for performance, security (IAM least privilege), and maintainability.
  • Observability Implementation: Hands-on configuration of Amazon Cloud Watch Container Insights, and Open Telemetry to ensure deep visibility into migrated microservices and data jobs.
  • Performance Tuning: Directly optimize Spark job configurations, Snowflake warehouse sizing, and ECS auto-scaling policies to balance performance.

• Experience:8+ years of hands‑on experience in Data Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure, with a focus on building and migrating production workloads.
• AWS ECS Expertise:Deep technical expertise in Amazon ECS (Fargate/EC2), including networking (ALB/NLB), task placement strategies, and container security.
• Data Platform Expertise:Proven experience with modern data platforms such as
  Snowflake
  (AI Data Cloud) and cloud-native services. Good understanding of open-source table formats, specifically
  Apache Iceberg
  , to enable interoperability, schema evolution, and high-performance analytics across multiple engines.
• Big Data & Orchestration:Hands‑on experience with Spark, Kafka, and orchestration tools like Apache Airflow, Dagster, or dbt.
• Data Modeling:Deep understanding of data warehousing and modern data lakehouse architecture.

• Mentorship:Proven track record of upskilling junior engineers.
• Communication:Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders in the wealth management business.
• Problem Solving:A "builder" mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

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.

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.

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