Developer Agent Software Engineer - Vice President - London

DEVELOPER JOURNEY STRATEGY AT GOLDMAN SACHS

The Developer Journey Strategy focuses on investing in the developer experience to minimize friction, promote standardization, and leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enable seamless delivery. By streamlining processes, implementing consistent practices, and integrating AI-driven tools and solutions, we empower developers to efficiently build and run products and platforms. This strategy aims to enhance productivity, foster innovation, and ensure high-quality outcomes by providing developers with the advanced tools, resources, and support they need to succeed. The incorporation of AI not only automates routine tasks and optimizes workflows but also provides predictive insights and intelligent recommendations, further enhancing the development process.

SDLC ENGINEERING

Part of the Goldman Sachs’ Core Engineering group's function is to provide best in class language support and tooling for our engineering community to facilitate the building, testing and deployment of their products. We strive for our tooling to improve product quality, developer productivity and increase opportunities for collaboration. Our aim is to innovate and drive technology solutions that will impact the bottom line for the firm. By joining us, you will be part of a diverse global technical team focusing on solving critical business problems. You will be working at the heart of the developer experience, ensuring the code that is written by thousands of GS engineers is versioned securely, reviewed expertly, compiled quickly, tested comprehensively, and distributed widely.

WHAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Engineer to join our team at Goldman Sachs. This role is focused on designing, deployment, and management of agentic AI systems to enhance the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating solutions to manage, and optimize the performance of autonomous AI software engineering agents. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that the tools and services developed are seamlessly integrated into the existing development workflows, ultimately driving improvements in productivity across the organization. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 10+ years (VP) of industry experience as a programming, software engineering, or similar job roles.
• General knowledge of multiple languages, and in-depth strong programming skills of at least one of: Golang, Python, Java, C++.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Familiarity with continuous integration, deployment pipelines, monitoring solutions
• Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, driving consensus, and influencing outcomes, strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc / MSc in relevant field (Computer Science, Engineering or related field)
• Experience with AI and machine learning technologies.
• Experience with DevOps, SRE, infrastructure as code, Terraform, AWS
• General knowledge of Linux, Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with all stages in the lifecycle of developing and running large distributed systems
• Knowledgeable about networking (TCP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, DNS, TLS, SSH)

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

• Work with advanced AI technologies to enhance coding efficiency, productivity and developer experience.
• Be part of a forward-thinking team that values continuous improvement and ensures high-quality results.
• Develop expertise in areas such as CI/CD, SDLC, containerization, GenAI, and cloud computing.
• Stay updated with the latest technological advancements and best practices by engaging with industry leaders and vendors.
• Tackle real engineering challenges, contribute to globally scalable platforms, supporting global operations and enhancing the developer experience.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

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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