S&P Dow Jones Indices
Financial Services
AssociateDirector,SoftwareEngineering
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“Associate Director, Software Engineering at S&P Dow Jones Indices. Skills: Software Engineering, Architecture, Financial Data, Team Leadership. Design calculation engines. Develop calculation services”
What You'll Achieve.
provide reliable, scalable and auditable calculation engines; support critical business operations; support client needs; deliver features; improve performance; improve maintainability; balance latency; balance throughput; balance cost; balance correctness; set clear expectations on technical quality; set clear expectations on quantitative rigor; empower investors; make decisions with conviction; make confident decisions
Industry & Context.
analytical skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent professional experience, 10+ years of software development experience, Java, C#, Python, Scala, distributed systems, distributed caches, microservices architecture, SpringBoot, JPA, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, SQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, fixed income system design, instrument analytics, Agile development methodologies, product development lifecycle
Nice to Have
financial services domain, fixed income securities, indices, calculation engines, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, performance optimization, high-frequency data processing systems
What You'll Do.
Design calculation engines
Develop calculation services
Process financial data
Implement scalable solutions
Participate in code reviews
Contribute to best practices
Work within Agile cycles
Mentor junior developers
Modernize existing systems
Implement new technologies
Architect calculation engines
Oversee calculation services
Grow engineering team
Implement data lineage
Implement reconciliation
Implement anomaly detection
Implement reproducibility
Implement auditability
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with cross-functional teams; Knowledge sharing; Pair programming; Collaborate with each other; Collaborate with customers
Process & Methodology
product development lifecycle patterns, Agile framework principles
Full Job Description
# **About the Role:** **Grade Level (for internal use):** 12 **The Team:** The Fixed Income value stream focuses on providing reliable, scalable and auditable calculation engines and services that are essential for managing our fixed income series of indices. As technology is being reshaped to align with emerging standards, our team operates with a product-first mindset, follows product development lifecycle patterns, and truly adheres to Agile framework principles. **Responsibilities and Impact:** * Design and develop high-performance calculation engines and services for fixed income indices processing large-scale financial data * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement scalable solutions that support critical business operations and client needs * Drive technical excellence by participating in code reviews, architecture discussions, and contributing to best practices for system reliability * Work within Agile development cycles to deliver features that enhance our fixed income technology platform and align with emerging industry standards * Mentor junior developers and contribute to the technical growth of the team through knowledge sharing and pair programming * Lead initiatives to modernize existing systems and implement new technologies that improve performance and maintainability * Architect and oversee high-performance calculation engines and services for index production and large-scale analytics, balancing latency, throughput, cost, and correctness. * Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers and quant-minded developers; set clear expectations on technical quality and quantitative rigor. * Must be able to implement end-to-end data lineage, reconciliation, anomaly detection, reproducibility, auditability, and versioning across analytics models, inputs, and outputs. S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $110,000 to $200,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic locat
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