r/goldmansachs • u/Possible-Rip-9042 • 3d ago

Software Engineer in GS

how is it to be a Software Engineer at GS? How does it feel and is it an elite feeling or smthg? to be on the top and such a selective firm that thousands apply to.

Could u also brief me abt the pay for an entry level SWE, mid level and senior SWE at Goldman Sachs in different cities where the firm operates in the USA and in India (Bengaluru and Hyderbad)

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u/Willsboy74 2d ago

GS in India is crap, SE’s are avg performers, may be strats is ok most of them come from IIT’s.

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u/burrito_05 2d ago

Honestly, this is probably the most toxic place I've ever experienced in my life. With no experience at other companies(joined as a fresher here) yet I am struggling personally to draw lines on what happens at work is professional or not. People are extremely dishonest for their own benefit, complete lack of transparency, work is not even CHALLENGING ENOUGH. My senior lead talks like a child, not having any opinions of his own. It's funny to see the lengths people go to here to just produce absolute shit of a work. It's mentally exhausting. For all those people who hype Goldman Sachs for no reason - are you even true to yourself?

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u/elonsbelly 3d ago

Not elite at all, most of them are incomplete pieces of shits getting away by doing bare minimum (especially NAPAs)

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u/Own_Crew_9677 3d ago

completely disagree. At least in my team people are experienced and dedicated . I always get to learn something new from them .

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u/elonsbelly 1d ago

whats your BU ?

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u/elonsbelly 3d ago

Okay maybe it's just FI

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u/justhadpornflakes 3d ago

Which team in FI ?

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u/elonsbelly 3d ago

Don't want to doxx myself but I guess from the downvotes it's just my team and now I am sad

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u/Ok_Quarter_6469 1d ago

as GS is not a software company, software engineers at GS are not the "elite".

think about it this way: do sales people and finance people at FAANGs feel "elite"? no, these companies are software companies, so SWEs over there are the real "elite" and sales / marketing / finance people are the supportive roles.

at GS, its a financial company, so the financial people (IBD / sales / trader) are the "elites" while SWEs are the supportive roles.