Associate Director, Software Engineering

Job title: Associate Director, Software Engineering

About the Role The Fixed Income value stream at S&P Global focuses on building reliable, scalable, and auditable calculation engines and services for fixed income indices. This Associate Director will lead design and development in a product-first, Agile environment, mentor engineers, and drive modernization to improve performance and maintainability.

What You'll Do

• 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 through code reviews, architecture discussions, and best practices for reliability.
• Work within Agile development cycles to deliver features that enhance our fixed income technology platform and align with industry standards.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to technical growth 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.
• Implement end-to-end data lineage, reconciliation, anomaly detection, reproducibility, auditability, and versioning across analytics models, inputs, and outputs.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of software development experience with Java, C#, Python, or Scala.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, distributed caches and microservices architecture patterns; frameworks like SpringBoot, JPA.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Extensive experience with both SQL and NoSQL database technologies, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra.
• Demonstrated expertise in fixed income system design and instrument analytics.
• Solid understanding of Agile development methodologies and product development lifecycle.

Nice to Have

• Experience in financial services domain, particularly with fixed income securities, indices, or calculation engines.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with performance optimization and high-frequency data processing systems.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: USD 110,000 – 200,000 per year.
• Eligible for an annual incentive plan; not eligible for additional compensation such as a separate annual incentive bonus or sales commission plan.
• Inclusive S&P Global benefits and programs; compelling career growth opportunities across a global firm.