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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Risk - Software Engineer - Analyst - Birmingham - **Company:** Goldman Sachs, Inc. - **Location:** Birmingham, UK - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** £57,499.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Data Analysis, C++ (Programming Language), Data Visualization, R (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Power BI, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Alteryx - **Published:** August 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5843167507 ## About the Role Eligible candidates are preferred to have the following: * Masters or Bachelors degree in a quantitative discipline such as data science, mathematics, physics, econometrics, computer science or engineering. * Entrepreneurial, analytically creative, self-motivated and team-oriented. * Excellent written, verbal and team-oriented communication skills. * Working knowledge of the financial industry, markets and products and associated non-financial risk. * Working knowledge of mathematics including statistics, time series analysis and numerical algorithms. * Experience with programming in Python and SQL for extract transform load (ETL) operations and data analysis (including performance optimization). Experience in using languages such as R, Java, C++ is beneficial. * Experience in developing data visualization and business intelligence solutions using tools such as, but not limited to, Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, and front-end technologies and languages. * 2-5 years of experience, preferably in financial, regulatory or consulting environment ## Description Market Risk Analytics & Reporting (A&R) is a group within Risk Engineering in the Risk Division of Goldman Sachs. The group ensures the firm's senior leadership, investors and regulators have a complete view of the positional, market, and client activity drivers of the firm's market risk profile allowing them to take actionable and timely risk management decisions. Risk Engineering is a multidisciplinary group of quantitative experts who are the authoritative producers of independent risk & capital metrics for the firm. Risk Engineering is responsible for modeling, producing, reviewing, interpreting, explaining and communicating risk & capital metrics and analytics used to ensure the firm adheres to its Risk Appetite and maintains the appropriate amount of Risk Capital. Risk Engineering provides risk & capital metrics, analytics and insights to the Chief Risk Officer, senior management, regulators, and other firm stakeholders. Role Responsibilities A&R delivers critical regulatory and risk metrics & analytics across risk domains (market, credit, liquidity, operational, capital) and firm activities via regular reporting, customized risk analysis, systematically generated risk reporting and risk tools . This role will focus on Market Risk. A&R has a unique vantage point in the firm's risk data flows that, when coupled with a deep understanding of client and market activities, allows it to build scalable workflows, processes and procedures to deliver actionable risk insights . The following are core responsibilities for A&R: * Delivering regular and reliable risk metrics, analytics & insights based on deep understanding of the firm's businesses and its client activities. * Building robust, systematic & efficient workflows, processes and procedures around the production of risk analytics for financial & non-financial risk, risk capital and regulatory reporting. * Attesting to the quality, timeliness and completeness of the underlying data used to produce these analytics . ## Related Videos - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Microservices architecture as a key element in building trading systems for global finance markets](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1196-microservices-architecture-as-a-key-element-in-building-trading-systems-for-global-finance-markets) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and more: A comparison of modern API styles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100247-rest-graphql-grpc-and-more-a-comparison-of-modern-api-styles) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Data Analyst Salary in Switzerland](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/276-data-analyst-salary-in-switzerland) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Software Engineer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/231-software-engineer-salary-in-the-uk)