Who We Are
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.
Role Overview
As a Full Stack Engineer, you will be a "force multiplier" for the team. You will not only build mission-critical payment services on AWS but also lead the adoption of agentic AI tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Devin AI) to accelerate the SDLC. You will be responsible for designing, coding, and operating end-to-end solutions while mentoring others in AI-assisted engineering patterns.
Key Responsibilities
- Cloud-Native Development: Design and implement scalable, secure full-stack applications using Java (Spring Boot) and Python, deployed as containerized (EKS) or server-less (Lambda) workloads on AWS.
- AI-Augmented Engineering: Integrate AI tooling into daily workflows—using GitHub Copilot for real-time assistance, Claude Code for complex architectural reasoning, Devin AI for autonomous task execution and PR management and MCP.
- Full Stack Ownership: Build responsive front-end components (React/TypeScript) and robust back-end APIs, ensuring seamless integration with relational (PostgreSQL) and non-relational (DynamoDB, MongoDB) databases.
- Modern SDLC & SecDevOps: Manage the complete lifecycle using GitLab CI/CD, emphasizing automated testing, security scanning, and rapid, high-quality value delivery.
- Modernization & Refactoring: Leverage AI agents to accelerate the migration of legacy payment logic into modern, cloud-native microservices.
- Mentorship: Act as a technical authority, teaching fellow engineers how to effectively prompt, supervise, and validate AI-generated code to maintain enterprise-grade standards.
Required Skills & Experience
Baseline Engineering
- Experience: 4-6 years of professional software engineering experience (Associate level).
- Backend Mastery: Deep expertise in Java and the Spring Framework ecosystem. Proficiency in Python for automation and AI integration.
- Frontend Proficiency: Strong experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, specifically React and TypeScript.
- Data Systems: 5+ years working with SQL (relational) and experience with NoSQL databases like DynamoDB, Aurora Postgres, or Cassandra.
- Messaging: String experience with MSK.
- API Design: Proven track record of designing and delivering RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
AWS & Cloud-Native Specialization
- AWS Proficiency: 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS services, including Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, KMS, and CloudFormation/CDK.
- Containerization: Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) for orchestrating distributed systems.
- Security: Experience implementing a SecDevOps mindset, including identity propagation and secure secret management in the cloud.
AI-Augmentation & Productivity
- AI Tooling: Demonstrated proficiency in using AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and agentic AI (e.g., Claude Code, Devin AI) to improve velocity and code quality.
- Prompt Engineering: Ability to design structured prompts and workflows for AI agents to handle multi-step engineering tasks like unit test generation and documentation.
- Critical Supervision: Strong ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, and performance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with financial messaging standards (e.g., ISO 20022).
- Contributions to open-source AI agent frameworks or internal AI-driven automation initiatives.
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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Skills Required
- 4-6 years professional software engineering experience
- Deep expertise in Java and the Spring Framework ecosystem
- Proficiency in Python for automation and AI integration
- Strong experience building responsive front-ends with React and TypeScript
- 5+ years working with SQL (relational databases)
- Experience with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Aurora Postgres also referenced)
- Strong experience with MSK (Kafka on AWS)
- Proven track record designing and delivering RESTful APIs and microservices
- 2+ years hands-on AWS experience (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, KMS, CloudFormation/CDK)
- Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) containerization
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD, automated testing and security scanning
- Experience implementing SecDevOps practices, identity propagation, and secure secret management
- Demonstrated proficiency with AI coding assistants and agentic AI (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Devin AI, MCP)
- Ability in prompt engineering and designing AI-agent workflows for engineering tasks
- Mentorship and ability to teach engineers AI-assisted engineering patterns and validate AI-generated code
- Familiarity with financial messaging standards (e.g., ISO 20022)
- Contributions to open-source AI agent frameworks or internal AI-driven automation initiatives
Goldman Sachs Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Goldman Sachs and has not been reviewed or approved by Goldman Sachs.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life and accident insurance, with multiple plan options and most premiums subsidized; coverage often starts on day one. Wellness resources, on-site health centers in some locations, and EAP access reinforce the depth of health support.
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Parental & Family Support — Family care includes on-site childcare in some offices, expectant parent resources, and transitional programs for returning parents. Feedback suggests parental leave is very generous, with reports of around 20 weeks paid leave and stipends for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility-related services.
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Retirement Support — The firm provides a 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions and broad financial education to help employees plan for retirement. Resources also support saving for education and preparing for unexpected events.
Goldman Sachs Insights
What We Do
At Goldman Sachs, we believe progress is everyone’s business. That’s why we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices in all major financial centers around the world. More about our company can be found at www.goldmansachs.com
