S&P Dow Jones Indices

Financial Services

AssociateDirector,SoftwareEngineering

$110–110k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“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.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

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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