Senior Software Engineer, Transaction Banking, Financial Risk 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.

Transaction Banking (TxB) aims to provide comprehensive cash management solutions for corporations. Transaction Banking combines the strength and heritage of a 156 year old financial institution with the agility and entrepreneurial spirit of a tech start-up. Our goal is to provide the best client experience. Through the use of modern technologies centered on data and analytics, we provide customers with powerful tools that are grounded in value, transparency, and simplicity to improve cash flow management efficiency.

Within TxB, Financial Risk Engineering is a global team with presence in New York, London, Bengaluru, and Dallas. We are responsible for the technical design and development of systems that protect the firm and our clients from financial crime including real time fraud prevention and compliance with global sanctions and regulatory requirements, using existing and emerging technologies.

Who We Look For

In this role, you will be responsible for setting up and leading our team in Dallas. As a Senior Developer / Architect, you will be expected to drive the design of critical components and shape our strategic vision for a variety of next-gen platforms that will protect the firm and our clients from financial crime, focusing on code quality, automation, and testability.

You will contribute to our vision, roadmap, and world-class engineering culture, while integrating business value and client experience within the team.

You will be responsible for mentoring and developing junior talent. Our flat structure requires and enables team members to evolve through the entire spectrum of the software life cycle and closely collaborate with product owners, business, and operations users.

You must have a proficient understanding of software development concepts. A good understanding of cloud and container concepts is a plus. You will also be responsible for developing easy-to-support software and liaise with our SRE team to factor in their requirements.

We expect a successful candidate to have excellent communication skills, deliver high quality software, and to be passionate about cutting edge engineering.

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

• Develop full stack applications with due consideration to security, design, validation, and SDLC framework.
• Contribute to shaping the strategic vision of our fraud screening platform involving data streaming and machine learning technologies.
• Enable growth and help establish our Dallas team as an important global contributor.
• Collaborate with product managers, business operations, engineers to define product requirements and objectives.
• Participate in system design consulting, platform management.
• Develop resilient, scalable, and secure modules using cloud native services.
• Utilize exceptional analytical skills and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience).
• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience using a modern programming language (preferably Java).
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams and deliver complex products with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working on high availability, mission critical systems.
• Experience with microservice architectures (SOA).
• Experience engineering solutions with distributed tracing, performance testing, authentication, authorization
• Experience with UNIX operating systems internals, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and networking.
• Proficiency with algorithms, data structures, and software design.
• Team oriented mindset with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Energetic, self-directed, and self-motivated.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Services or Fintech.
• Experience with AWS.
• Basic knowledge of data science and machine learning.

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.

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