Vice President, Software Engineering

Goldman Sachs

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$207,000–$260,000 / yr
Posted
31 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $180k
This role $234k
$128k most similar roles pay here $274k

This role pays more than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $155,450–$205,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $234k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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About Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm providing financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals.

Goldman Sachs currently has 134 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,000–$250,000 across 55 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Vice President, Software Engineering

As a Vice President, Software Engineering within the Asset & Wealth Management division, you will develop, enhance, and maintain high-quality software solutions to support global business operations. You will manage the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, user story refinement, testing, and deployment while identifying innovative external technologies to transform financial businesses and internal platforms. The role involves designing robust testing suites and providing guidance to junior team members. Key technical competencies include proficiency in C++ or Java, experience with Spring, Hibernate, RabbitMQ, or Kafka, and building multi-threaded service-oriented applications in a Unix environment. You will work with micro-services architecture using REST and manage data through RDBMS like Sybase or Oracle, as well as NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB. Your work ensures that all solutions meet strict internal and regulatory requirements for the firm's financial systems.

What you'll do

  • Develop, enhance, support, and maintain software solutions for global business operations.
  • Design and implement scalable technology solutions using internal and open-source services.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of requirements gathering, user story refinement, development, and deployment.
  • Identify and integrate innovative external technologies to transform financial businesses and platforms.
  • Execute all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle to meet regulatory requirements.
  • Design and maintain robust testing suites for safe and scalable software solutions.
  • Provide training and technical guidance to junior team members.

What we're looking for

  • A Master's degree in a relevant engineering or information systems field and three years of experience in software engineering is required.
  • A Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or information systems field and five years of experience in software engineering is required.
  • Experience with C++ or Java is required.
  • Experience in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and production support is required.
  • Experience building multi-threaded and multi-process service-oriented enterprise applications within a Unix environment is required.
  • Proficiency in programming technologies such as Spring, Hibernate, RabbitMQ, or Kafka is required.
  • Experience with relational database management systems like Sybase or Oracle is required.
  • Experience in micro-services architecture design and development including REST, Spring, or other back-end technologies is required.

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