Lead, Software Engineering

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

Overview

The Team

We are an established development team, looking to grow, innovation and push the boundaries of what's possible in software development. We prioritize providing an excellent developer experience, which means you'll have access to market-leading tools, services and learning, as well as expertise from both our team and the wider organization.

You'll work in a strong DevOps culture, where we've automated every stage of our deployment pipeline, allowing you to focus on what you do best. You’ll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and use AI productivity tools and AI models as standard.

The Business

Private Valuations and Assessments

S&P Global’s Private Market Valuations offers private asset managers and investors valuations services and software including:

• Private Credit Valuations - accurate valuations on hard-to-value debt instruments
• Private Equity Valuations - unlisted equity valuations
• Qval - software solution to support your in-house valuations.

S&P Global’s Credit Assessment Scorecards provide credit and investment management professionals with essential tools to identify and manage potential default risks of private, publicly-traded, rated, and unrated companies and government entities, across a wide range of sectors.

The Company

At the heart of S&P Global, we are an information company. With expertise across the world’s largest industries we leverage technology and data science to provide the data, insights and software to help our customers make better informed decisions, driving growth, performance and efficiency.

The Role

As a Lead, Software Engineer, you will design, create and maintain high-quality cloud-based applications to help S&P Global’s Private Valuations and Assessments business grow. You will be working with a team of experienced application/web developers (in multiple global locations), business analysts and business stakeholders.

Day to day, you will contribute to current and future technology architectural designs and development efforts towards various different modules of S&P Global Private Valuations and Assessments solutions. You will have access to market-leading tools and services, and be part of a wider group that values technical excellence.

Duties & accountabilities

Candidate needs to:

• Be an active player in system architecture and design discussions. Have a passion for technology and offer new ideas and approaches. Recommend product, process, and tooling improvements.
• Analyse business requirements, design, implement and test features. Understand non-functional requirements like performance, scalability etc. aspect of the application.
• Be delivery focused. Participate in agile product development through all SDLC phases.
• Build high-quality, reusable code and libraries for future use in a timely and efficient manner.
• Work closely with the QA and Business teams and highlight issues and risks proactively.
• Embrace quality standards including: code conventions, code reviews, unit testing, static analysis and revision control. Coordinate with QA/QC staff for product functional and system testing.
• Maintain and support all areas of the application.
• Work in an individual capacity as well as in teams across geographies.
• Work under the general supervision of the Development Manager and take direction from other Leads within the organization where required.

Business competencies

Education and experience

10+ years strong technical and platform knowledge, including some or all of:

Required

• Java
• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodology and industry best practices.
• Thorough understanding of fundamental software engineering and computer science principles: object-oriented design, functional programming, structured design, databases, algorithms, data structures, usability, refactoring, debugging, and configuration management.
• Excellent design and problem solving skills and disciplined, engineering oriented mind set.
• Minimum 5 years of experience developing commercial web applications or services used by external customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Experience of Cloud Development preferably AWS and AWS Cloud Products

Desirable

• AWS Lambda and Serverless Architecture
• SQL
• AWS managed services, Linux, Docker
• Scala (or other functional programming experience)
• Angular 18+
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Spring
• Other JVM languages
• Experience with Continuous Integration and build systems
• Git + Gitlab/Github
• Good degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Numerate field
• Experience with configuration languages (CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.)

Commercial awareness

• Knowledge of Private Market Valuations and/or Financial Sector is advantageous

Leadership

• Ability to lead design and development of a new or existing project/service
• Display commitment to own features and take them to successful delivery

Personal competencies

Personal impact

• Must work effectively with a diverse team spread across globe
• Strong analytical, investigative and problem solving skills
• Proactive, organised and able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Open minded, flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations
• Delivery focused

Communication

• Must be an excellent communicator, both written and verbally

Teamwork

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with a diverse team, including team members overseas

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you-and your career-need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards-small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

US Candidates Only: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal

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