NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ( GS ) 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 ( GS ) 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 ( GS ) as an analyst in 1994 and worked at the firm for

20 years.