Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is an engineering discipline that combines software development and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. At Goldman Sachs, SRE is responsible for the availability and reliability of our firm's most critical platform services and ensures they meet the requirements of our internal and external users. We also develop and operate the observability platforms that all other engineering teams use to make their services reliable. We look for engineers who are motivated to collaborate with other engineering teams and our businesses to build and run sustainable production systems, which can evolve and adapt to changes in our fast-paced, global business and regulatory environment.
How will you fulfil your potential?
- Balance feature development velocity and reliability with well-defined SLOs.
- Run the Production environment by monitoring availability and taking a holistic view of system health.
- Drive incident management process and support a blameless post-mortems culture.
- Partner with development teams to improve services via rigorous testing and release procedures.
- Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning.
- Create sustainable systems and services through automation and uplifts.
- Champion reliability and resilience engineering practices and knowledge across the firm.
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum of 2+ years of hands-on experience in Site Reliability Engineering, with a proven track record in building, and maintaining highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems at an enterprise level.
- BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding and / or systems engineering.
- Proficiency in one or more of the following: Go, Python, C, C++, Java, Perl, Ruby or shell scripting.
- Experience with product engineering practices, algorithms, data structures, software design and/or Experience with UNIX operating systems internals and / or networking.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in developing AI tools and working with Cloud Platforms
- Experience with distributed systems design, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with debugging and optimizing code, as well as automation.
- Strong interpersonal skills, drive, and ownership.
- Coding beyond simple scripts.
- Solving novel problems from first principles.
- Experience working in highly regulated, financial services firms.
- Excellent people leadership skills either as an engineering manager or individual contributor
Skills Required
- Minimum 2+ years of hands-on Site Reliability Engineering experience building and maintaining highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant enterprise systems
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding or systems engineering
- Proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, C, C++, Java, Perl, Ruby, or shell scripting
- Experience with product engineering practices, algorithms, data structures, software design, UNIX operating-system internals, or networking
- Experience developing AI tools and working with cloud platforms
- Experience with distributed-systems design, maintenance, and troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience debugging and optimizing code and developing automation
- Strong interpersonal skills, drive, and ownership
- Coding experience beyond simple scripts
- Ability to solve novel problems from first principles
- Experience working in highly regulated financial-services firms
- Excellent people leadership skills as an engineering manager or individual contributor
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.
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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
