Software engineer – Distributed Scheduling Permanent

MORE ABOUT THIS JOB
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

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
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
• 2+ years programming experience
• 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

• General knowledge of File-Systems (OpenAFS a plus)
• BSc / MSc / PhD in relevant field (Computer Science, Maths, Physics)

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.

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