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.
Asset & Wealth Management Engineering
Across Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world to reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Our consumer business provides digital solutions for customers to better spend, borrow, invest, and save. Growth within Wealth Management is propelled by a steadfast commitment to our people, a relentless focus on client and customer success, and the integration of industry-leading technology, data analytics, and design.
Wealth Core Custody Platform manages client asset position & activity accounting, including post trade processing, real-time activity, position and balance information, and efficient workflows in providing custody services (asset transfers, corporate action processing and cash management and optimization).
How You Will Fulfill Your Potential
As a Lead Engineer within the Wealth Management Custody / Asset Transfers Engineering Team, you will be responsible for designing, developing and supporting key Custody / Asset Transfers platforms leveraged by Clients, Wealth Advisors and Operations.
Responsibilities
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Lead a high-performing global engineering team in the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of scalable, cloud-native microservice applications.
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Partner closely with SRE and production support engineering teams to implement observability, automate incident response, and maintain high availability for mission-critical financial systems.
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Drive engineering excellence through rigorous code reviews, architectural steering, and hands-on mentorship to foster a culture of continuous technical growth
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Define and enforce global software development lifecycles (SDLC) and industry best practices for robust API contracts and event-driven architectures.
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Collaborate with global stakeholders and cross-functional product teams to drive consensus on architectural roadmaps and the implementation of high-impact features across multiple time zones.
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Champion the team’s Agile evolution, leading user story refinement, sprint planning, and technical feasibility assessments to ensure high-velocity delivery
Requirements
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Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related Engineering Field
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12+ years of relevant professional experience
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Self-motivated with analytical mindset who can multi-task to solve interesting and difficult technical problems under time pressure and resource constraints
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience working directly with both technical and non-technical global stakeholders
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Experience in building and maintaining applications involving post trade processing and custodial services (asset servicing/corporate actions, cash management and sub ledger) flows
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Experience in modernizing legacy applications (forward and reverse engineering) in agile working environments
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Extensive experience in managing production environments working with production engineers and global stakeholders
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Experience in data visualization and functional design to create intuitive, data-driven engineering solutions for complex financial datasets
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Experience in integrating AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Devin, or Cursor) into the development workflow to accelerate velocity and code quality
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Experience working with SQL & NoSQL (MongoDB) solutions
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Experience developing Java / Spring Boot microservice applications and REST APIs, preferably working with cloud technologies
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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