Job Description

Controls Engineering – Asset & Wealth Management - Associate 

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 Asset Management business delivers innovative investment solutions through a global, multi-product platform and is one of the pre-eminent investment management organizations globally.  Our consumer business provides digital solutions for customers to better spend, borrow, invest, and save. Our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and customers, and leading-edge technology, data and design.  

Role Overview: 

Controls Engineering is responsible for building the next generation firm-wide control plane for use in Asset & Wealth Management. The successful candidate will use their deep technical skills to build solutions to manage and implement risk management controls tailored to the diverse products and services offered to AWM clients. The role involves building out web applications that allow users to register, develop and administer controls on the platform. 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Deliver and design new features for Control Management and Implementation 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of Risk Managers and Control Managers to gather requirements and define technical solutions 

• Design, develop and maintain complex software systems and applications  

• Implement and maintain best practices for software development and engineering processes 

• Develop and maintain software documentation, including design specifications, user guides and manuals 

• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of software systems  

• Troubleshoot and debug complex software issues  

• Collaborate with engineering leadership, developers, and operations through written and verbal presentations. 

• Lead and participate in technical architecture reviews 

• Mentor and coach junior engineers  

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field  

• 3+ years of experience in software development and engineering  

• Working knowledge of Java & React  

• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, algorithms, and data structures  

• Experience in developing large-scale, highly available, and distributed systems  

• Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and web services  

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills  

• Strong communication and collaboration skills  

• Experience with Agile software development methodologies 

• Experience formulating clear and concise written and verbal descriptions of Software and Systems and tracking and managing delivery of the same 

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS 

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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.  

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