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.  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.

 

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

Dare to engineer the backbone of Wall Street? We're seeking a System Software Engineer to join our elite team, the guardians of the firm's core risk management system. Forget mundane maintenance; this is about pushing the limits of scalability, performance, and security in a high-stakes environment. If you're the kind of engineer who sees problems as puzzles and thrives on cracking complex systems, your skills are needed here.

As a System Software Engineer, you will be immersed in a culture of improvement, surrounded by some of the sharpest minds in the industry. You'll be tasked with building and maintaining the infrastructure that powers SecDB platform, developing tools to automate operations, and hardening it against any threat. This isn't just about keeping the lights on; it's about engineering resilience into the very fabric of our financial ecosystem.
 

Responsibilities:

Own and automate technical operations for the SecDB platform, guaranteeing stability and peak performance. Craft advanced observability for SecDB platform, enabling pre-emptive threat detection and rapid response.Architect, build and develop massively scalable, low latency software and systems.Decipher and resolve intricate challenges spanning Linux systems, networking bottlenecks, and system optimization.Orchestrate real-time incident investigations, conduct postmortems, and deploy defensive countermeasures.Collaborate with other teams throughout the to architect robust, instrumented, and easily maintainable systems.Execute deployments, migrations, and upgrades, ensuring seamless transitions and minimal disruption.Become part of the team providing regional coverage for the platform and participate in the on-call support rotation.

 

Qualifications

Min. 1 year (for Analyst) / 3 years (for Associate) of experience in programming with fluency in one of the following: Python, C++, GoLang, Java, C#. Experience with software development on Linux.Experience with storage and networking stacks.Proven experience with all stages (inception, analysis, design, implementation, runtime, maintenance) in the lifecycle of large distributed systems.Experience managing performance, availability, and scale for mid to large-sized systems.

 

 

  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. 
  We’re 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
 
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