The Opportunity
Join a team building the data foundations that support the firm's AI and analytics capabilities. This role sits within the engineering effort to develop a modern Lakehouse and AI data platform that enables reliable, well-governed and high-performing data use across the firm. This is a hybrid engineering and design role for someone who wants to shape how users interact with complex data infrastructure – and then help build it. You will be comfortable working both in Figma and writing code.
Role Summary
Working across both design and software engineering, you will:
- Design, build and maintain the user-facing tooling of the Lakehouse platform, owning the design process end to end.
- Work closely with users to understand their workflows and shape solutions that fit how they work.
- Partner with stakeholders on design decisions and build on their feedback.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or a related field.
- 2–5 years of relevant work experience.
- Proficiency with Figma, including prototyping and working with design systems.
- Strong grounding in design thinking and human-centered design.
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript and React, and a good understanding of web standards and best practices.
- Excellent communication skills, whether presenting design work, facilitating meetings, or working with subject matter experts to draw out critical business concepts.
- Independent thinker, willing to engage, challenge and learn, with a strong sense of ownership and attention to detail.
Preferred Qualifications
- Object-oriented design and programming skills in Java or a comparable language.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their data services.
- Knowledge of data warehousing and lakehouse solutions (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery, Apache Iceberg).
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or a related field
- 2-5 years of relevant work experience
- Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript and React
- Good understanding of web standards and best practices
- Proficiency with Figma, including prototyping and design systems
- Strong grounding in design thinking and human-centered design
- Excellent communication skills for presenting designs, facilitating meetings, and working with subject matter experts
- Independent thinking, willingness to engage and learn, ownership, and attention to detail
- Object-oriented design and programming skills in Java or a comparable language
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and their data services
- Knowledge of data warehousing and lakehouse solutions such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Apache Iceberg
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
