AMD Public-New York-Vice President-Software Engineering

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 and Wealth Management (AWM)

Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, we provide clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As the firm's primary investment area, we provide investment and advisory services for some of the world's leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors and individuals, for which we oversee more than $3 trillion in assets under supervision. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. We are:

• Investors, spanning traditional and alternative markets offering products and services
• Advisors, understanding our clients' priorities and poised to help provide investment advice and strategies that make sense for their portfolios
• Thought leaders, providing timely insights across macro and secular themes to help inform our clients' investment decisions
• Innovators, using our suite of digital solutions to help our clients address complex challenges and meet their financial goal

Who We Look For

We are seeking a high-caliber, experienced technical architect with a proven track record of design and delivery. In this role, you will serve as a technical authority driving the evolution of our end-to-end QIS (Quantitative Investment Strategies) infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with engineers, portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, and senior leadership across QIS, Public Investing and AWM in this high-visibility, high-impact role where you will translate complex financial strategies into robust, high-performance distributed systems.

As a Vice President in the QIS Engineering team, you will be working in a close-knit environment with Portfolio Managers, Research Analysts and Technologists to design and develop platforms that drive the QIS business, spanning new product capabilities, quantitative research, model generation, portfolio construction and monitoring.

The role also provides an opportunity to participate in all phases of a project life cycle and work with extremely bright and motivated individuals, who focus on development and strive for continuous process improvement. In specific the candidate will

• Participate in design and architecture, delivery and maintenance of distributed, multi-region, scalable and resilient platforms/systems used for day-to-day Portfolio Management and Construction.
• Interact with other engineering teams to understand technology offerings and how they can be applied and leveraged as part of our solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience in computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of software development experience.
• Excellent object oriented or functional analysis and design skills.
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to solve problems and apply analysis to make data driven decisions.
• Comfortable multi-tasking, managing multiple stakeholders and working as part of a global team.
• Can apply an entrepreneurial approach and passion to problem solving and product development.

Expert knowledge in one or more of

• Programming in a complied language such as java, or python and experience with concurrency and memory management.
• Databases both relational and NoSQL such as MongoDB, Single Store, Sybase ASE.
• Cloud experience will be an added advantage

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge or interest in trading technologies in the front-office of a trading organization
• Experience operating within the front-office of a trading organization
• B.S. or M.S. computer science or related field.

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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