Software Engineer

Summary

• Organization: Goldman Sachs
• Job Title: Software Engineer
• Location: Dallas, TX

Employment Terms:

• This role is an 8-week internship with the opportunity to transition to full-time
• Internship and full-time employment are both fully in-office
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Overtime: Some weekends may be required, depending on maintenance cycles
• Target Start Date: May 4, 2026
• Estimated Salary: $90,000/year
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for sponsorship now or in the future

Essential Tasks - In this job, you will:

• Solve complex problems at scale and develop high-performance quality applications with a global user base
• Build and deploy modern data management tools to curate key client reference data sets, models and workflows
• Evaluate, select and acquire new internal or external data sets that contribute to business decision making
• Engineer data processing pipelines while identifying areas for process automation and improving efficiency
• Partner with data platform teams to adopt cloud-based processing pipelines and data distribution
• Drive strategic initiatives and delivery of key programs of work across the Client Data or Vendor Data department and the broader division

General Skills and Abilities - In this job you will demonstrate:

• The ability and willingness to learn new technical skills
• The ability to be an independent thinker and a desire to take on challenges
• The ability to stay business focused and push for quantifiable commercial impact
• The ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and communicate complex ideas in a simple manner
• A strong work ethic with a sense of ownership and urgency
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Digital/Technical Skills - In this job you will demonstrate:

• Intermediate programming skills using Java, Python, React, or SQL
• Basic data modeling skills using Excel or similar tools (such as column labeling and adjusting data to represent data in a user-friendly way that is easily consumed)
• Basic version control skills in Git

Education/Knowledge - In this job you need to have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Basic knowledge of working with complex business processes, data flows and consuming large amounts of data is nice to have but not required
• Basic understanding of cloud infrastructure is nice to have but not required

Experience - In this job you need to have:

• Experience (professional, personal, or academic) with any of the following is nice to have but not required:
  • Working on a project using AGILE methodology
  • Working with others via code reviews
  • Testing frameworks
  • AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code

Social Interaction - The following types of communication and interaction are required to perform the job successfully: 

• Oral communication: Daily
• Email communication: Daily
• Instant messaging: Hourly to Daily
• Video communication: Daily (Camera is optional)
• Interacting with supervisors: Weekly
• Interacting with peers: Daily

Job Stressors - Employees sometimes find the following stressful about this job:

• Working on projects with tight timelines
• Projects will require creative problem-solving and troubleshooting that may involve working through frequent hurdles or roadblocks
• Recognizing the correct point to stop unproductive efforts and ask for help or escalate issues when encountering roadblocks
• The need to rapidly pivot between changing tasks/assignments can be challenging

Job Motivators - Employees tend to find the following motivating or rewarding:

• Working in a fun and collaborative team-oriented environment
• The opportunity to take on new challenges on a regular basis and not get stuck in repetitive tasks
• New opportunities for problem solving and learning new technologies
• Learning how technology unlocks commercial opportunities

Candidate Assessment - To be considered for this role, compatible applicants: 

• Will complete a Candidate Profile 
• Will complete technical assessments using CoderPad and/or HackerRank
• Will be invited to participate in a Structured Candidate Meeting with the hiring manager(s)

Workplace Support

• Specialisterne and our employer partners are committed to providing inclusive onboarding experiences and supporting new employees as they learn on the job 
• All new hires continue to liaise with a Specialisterne Workplace Support Specialist throughout the duration of the internship

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