The Core Engineering - Payments Tech - Vice President - Hyderabad

The Core Engineering 

The Core Engineering builds and operates the platforms, applications, data solutions, models, and analytics that power critical processes for The Core divisions of the firm (e.g., Risk, responsible for the risk profile of firm activities; Controllers, responsible for the financial control and reporting obligations; Compliance, responsible for the firm’s compliance, regulatory, and reputational risks; Corporate Treasury, responsible for the firm’s liquidity, funding, balance sheet, etc.; and Human Capital Management, responsible for attracting, developing, and managing a global workforce). A centralized engineering structure in support of The Core enables a common platform model and operating framework that promotes consistent governance and scalable solutions, leveraging cloud, AI, and machine learning for innovation and efficiency. The Core Engineering’s 2,000+ engineers and strats deliver engineering, data, analytics, and quantitative capabilities within six business units: 

• Metrics & Analytics Platforms: responsible for the measurement and management of the firm’s risk, capital, and liquidity for The Core functions

• The Core Strats: responsible for the development and implementation of models and other quantitative methodologies, including the accuracy and attribution of modeled metrics

• Financials & Reporting: responsible for facilitating the production of the firm’s financials and a wide range of reporting functions

• Non-Financial Risk & Controls: responsible for non-financial risk and control processes

• Enterprise Platforms: responsible for platforms and applications that support critical operational processes across The Core such as payments, people processes, and procurement

• Shared Services: responsible for driving the adoption of consistent engineering strategy, including data platforms, cloud, and AI enablement, as well as the management of technology risk 

What We Do

At Goldman Sachs, we connect people, capital and ideas to help solve problems for our clients. We are a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.

We are looking for an senior engineer who is passionate about software development, technology and building solutions to enable critical financial businesses to function and optimize their effectiveness.   We need someone with the experience to build cloud based applications and has the ability to grow into leadership roles to lead a team of engineers who can deliver solutions that delight our clients.

Payment processing has recently become one of the key areas of focus for financial services and fintech industry. It is at the center of innovation for automating and streamlining flows to meet the needs of a variety of clients across the globe.

Our Payments Engineering team builds and supports the systems that provide a comprehensive payment solution to the firm’s needs across institutional, consumer (Marcus) and internal (treasury) clients. These systems manage the entire payment lifecycle – from initiation to execution - of all inbound and outbound cash flows for the firm across 60 currencies spanning multiple payment electronic networks and platforms globally.

Governing these critical flows is not a responsibility we take lightly. We, therefore, are seeking capable engineers who are up to the task of designing, building, testing, deploying and supporting these systems with a special focus on scale, resiliency and high availability. Our technology stack includes Java, Hibernate, Spring Boot, Angular, DB2, MongoDB, Oracle, GS Search (proprietary search tool), Elastic search, and Kafka, ECS, AWS cloud application developers.

Our global team is well-balanced in size and experience levels, enabling you to maximize your potential. We have both the senior and junior developers who will work with you, challenge you, and teach you along the way. Our engineers often blur the lines between front end, back end, DevOps, and product management, and we value developers who can cover a breadth of skills while also cultivating areas of expertise. A willingness to learn new languages, technologies and the business will be key to your success.

How Will You Fulfill Your Potential

• You will build and develop with a team of world-class engineers.
• Hand on – initially more focus on delivery and show the potential to grow into a team lead.
• You will forge strong relationships with our clients in Operations, Trading and Sales as we deliver solutions that are critical to our business.
• The team you will join is a large community of like-minded technologists in a very flat structure.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in any STEM subject (or equivalent work experience).
• 5.5 - 8 years of experience.
• Excellent technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with proven ability to build and motivate a team.
• Experienced stakeholder manager.
• Professional experience coding in Java.
• Cloud development – AWS

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in computer science.
• Experience working in financial services industry.
• Experience with payment systems.
• Experience with database technologies.
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Goldman Sachs Engineering Culture

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.

Engineering is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here!

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