The Role: Principal Engineer - Analytical Portfolio Grade: 14 Location: New York, NY, and Virtual US We are looking for a senior strategic leader to be the "Principal Engineer" for the Analytical Portfolio, a product line that comprises many interrelated, business-critical capabilities and applications. This is a pivotal role in implementing technical approaches for large scale development while coordinating with various value stream engineering leads and large teams of software engineers.
As a senior member of our engineering team, you are an individual contributor who can also lead small niche teams expected to solve problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, and iterative delivery environment. To meet these demands, candidates should be influential engineering leaders with deep technology expertise, and a collaborative style that brings others into the decision-making process. You will devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation business solutions that improve scalability, resiliency, availability of our applications across organizational boundaries
You will be responsible for helping to build our agile organization and align to a culture of continuous improvement, partnership, trust and sharing. You will work with global staff of software engineers across "value streams" and partner with your Product Management and Quality peers to support a large, global group of agile scrum teams.
Fundamental to this position is a demonstrable ability to combine your strong problem-solving skills with deep technical and delivery know how. You have exceptional collaboration and communication skills, are highly motivated, creative, and engaged. Responsibilities
Be technically deep and provide input on architecture, design, and code. As a thought leader, you are well respected by engineers and non-engineers alike
Learning and understanding all aspects of your product-line and the Ratings business
Responsible for helping define the vision, driving team execution, and overseeing the engineering process. This will require strong leadership capabilities, as well as the ability to roll-up-your-sleeves to ensure alignment across technology, product, and business stakeholders
Partner very closely with various value stream engineering leaders and provide them with necessary technical guidance
Drive strong partnerships between engineering teams and Product owners, including business stakeholders in the Ratings organization
Be responsible for driving technical design, architecture and implementation of new features and iterations of core products
Partner with value stream engineering leaders to define the roadmaps, plan and report on technical programs that cut across the entire organization
Experience & Qualifications:
BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
15+ years of experience with 8+ years of experience designing non-trivial, modern web portals for a global audience
5+ years full stack development experience in modern web development technologies, Java/J2EE, REST/OData, AWS, Tomcat, JMS, SQL, Oracle and/or Microsoft .NET
8+ Hands-on experience contributing to application architecture & designs, proven software/enterprise integration design patterns and full-stack knowledge including modern distributed front end and back-end technology stacks
Quality first mindset with a strong background and experience with developing products for a global audience at scale
Excellent analytical thinking, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with strong ability to influence both IT and business partners
Financial services industry experience
Preferred qualifications
Deep knowledge and commitment to CI/CD and Agile/XP and modern design principles like 12 factor applications
Expert in cloud-based development methodologies and state of the art design patterns
Experience with building and supporting solutions in the cloud including a strong understanding of cloud native architectures, design patterns and best practices
Lead the implementation of strategy roadmap for the enterprise data and content; including data architecture, build and data management for enterprise data, maturity of Ratings digital content store and advanced data analytics systems
Ability to prioritize and manage work to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
Solid understanding and experience in the Agile large projects & programs including promotion of continuous improvement through assessment and action planning
Experience with open source and distributed software development
Up to date and knowledgeable in technology and industry trends with ability to develop and presents substantive technical recommendations to senior management
Compensation/Benefits Information: S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $100,200 - $230,000. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location.
This role is eligible to receive S&P Global benefits.
For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, visit https://www.spgbenefitessentials.com/newhires .
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