Foundation Engineering, Cloud Platform Developer, Vice President, Singapore

What We Do 

At Goldman Sachs, our engineers solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems in financial services via collaboration and innovation. We build parallel systems, analyze oceans of data, architect and implement scalable and reliable infrastructure, proactively guard against cyber threats, and continuously deliver technology solutions to connect people and capital for a better economy.

Engineering is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limits and expand technology possibilities? Start here.

Who We Are 

Foundation Engineering provides global thought leadership, solution development, delivery and support for a broad suite of technology products and services at Goldman Sachs. It leverages global expertise to develop leading-edge technology solutions that meet business demands and differentiate the firm’s technology offerings in the marketplace. Foundation Engineering enables the operation of the firm by managing an extensive compute platform and global communication networks, while addressing technology, compliance and reputational risk and resilience.

The Cloud Platform team within Foundation Engineering is responsible for enabling the use of public cloud services across the firm. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team researching, architecting and building a cutting-edge platform that enables Goldman Sachs teams to deploy and manage services in public cloud safely and securely. We are modernizing our services around cloud native principles, and you will directly contribute to a platform that programmatically enforces safety, security and compliance while enabling engineers to innovate faster and scale effectively.

Role Summary 

As a Vice President in Cloud Platform team in Singapore, you will own the technical direction and delivery outcomes of multiple public cloud platform products for the firm. You will build and evolve our cloud platform products, to help firmwide engineering teams operate cloud services efficiently and responsibly.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep software engineering expertise, strong cloud technical knowledge, and the ability to influence standards and adoption across a large enterprise. You will partner closely with Engineering, Risk and Security and internal customers to define and improve cloud products. 

This role will cover multiple internal products, including FinOps, ClientOps, Cloud Asset Management, and Cloud Migration tooling.

Key Responsibilities 

• Engineering and Architecture 

  - Design, develop and operate various firmwide services for public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)

  - Define and evolve the reference architecture and technical standards for these products. 

  - Build scalable services and production-grade services. 

  - Implement proactive controls and guardrails using automation and policy-as-code approaches 

• Business Outcomes 

  - Partner with firmwide Cloud Platform and Engineering teams to define and implement product requirements 

  - Engage regularly with cloud internal customers, on Cloud costs, risks, incidents & technical roadmaps.

• Stakeholder Alignment and Industry Engagement 

  - Drive design reviews and dependency alignment across multiple engineering teams and stakeholders; ensure solutions meet security, compliance, resiliency and operational requirements. 

  - Partner with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and internal vendor management to shape capabilities relevant to regulated financial services and enterprise scale. 

  - Contribute to an engineering culture focused on operational excellence, automation, reliability, and measurable business impact. 

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential 

• Deliver high-quality software that improves cloud efficiency at scale, balancing speed, safety, and governance. 
• Influence adoption through strong technical credibility: patterns, templates, APIs, documentation, and self-service experiences. 
• Translate complex requirements into actionable outputs and automated controls. 
• Raise engineering standards for maintainability, observability, and resilience of services in scope.  

 Basic Qualifications 

• Minimum 5 years of programming experience in Python, Java, Go, or JavaScript. You must already be coding and deploying software on a very regular basis. 
• Strong technical ability and demonstrated progression in delivering complex software systems in enterprise environments. 
• Knowledge and experience with software development lifecycle and infrastructure-as-code tooling, such as CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK, or Kubernetes.
• Expertise with Linux, containers, system security, and automation with scripting languages. 
• Proven ability to drive initiatives across teams through technical influence, clear communication, and strong execution. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including technical design writing and stakeholder-facing documentation. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or related field. 
• Knowledge and experience with software development lifecycle and infrastructure-as-code tooling, such as CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK, or Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of cloud provider billing models and concepts, including pricing models, billing exports, cost allocation, budgets, and cost management services will be a plus. 
• Experience building data driven products (for example pipelines, metrics layers, semantic models) and visualization tools to communicate outcomes will be a plus. 
• Familiarity with software artifact and container image lifecycle management and governance. 
• Understanding of RESTful API design best practices and experience developing and operating them. 

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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