Job Description

Distributed Platform is a global, multi-disciplinary team responsible for researching, designing, testing and building world-class tools, practices and systems used across Goldman Sachs. Partnering with colleagues from Technology and the business, Platform solves critical problems, maintains and strengthens essential systems, provides training and internal consultancy, and safeguards the firm's culture of high-caliber software engineering. Management and design of 3 core technologies for the firm:

• Software distribution
• A schedule based cross platform distributed computing system
• Grid compute

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Design and implement mid to large scale distributed systems
• Partner with and provide technical guidance on best practices to the GS engineering community, the business teams, and operations teams

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Highly knowledgeable about running key business applications on Linux platforms and Linux internals
• General knowledge of multiple languages, and in-depth knowledge of at least one of: Golang, Erlang, Java, Python, C++
• Knowledgeable about networking (TCP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, DNS, TLS, HTTP, SSH, etc)
• Experience with all stages in the lifecycle of developing and running large distributed systems
• Experience managing performance, availability and scale of mid- to large-sized systems
• Team player, eager to work in a global organization
• Highly entrepreneurial and motivated
• Strong oral and written communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc / MSc / PhD in relevant field (Computer Science, Maths, Physics)

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.

We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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