Goldman Sachs hires Melissa Goldman as partner for technology role, memo says

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has hired Melissa Goldman as a partner and global head of technology engineering for its global banking and markets division, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Having worked for the firm previously, she is the fourth Goldman Sachs alumni to return as a partner this year. This group includes Robert Kaplan, the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Melissa Goldman will work with teams across global banking and markets and core engineering to drive engineering strategy.

She previously was global head of corporate engineering at Google and has three decades of technology engineering experience.

Before Google, she worked at JPMorgan Chase for eight years in senior information and data roles. She started her career at Goldman Sachs as an analyst in 1994 and worked at the firm for 20 years.

(Reporting by Saeed Azhar)