Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

Noida, India

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Posted

10/22/2026

Job reference

15695

Experience level

Experienced Hire

Job category

Technology, Engineering & AI

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Technology, Engineering & AI

Line of business

Insurance

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• 12+ years of software engineering experience delivering complex, large-scale, multi-team initiatives with measurable business impact
• Extensive working experience with Microsoft SQL Server: internals, performance at scale, HA/DR architecture, capacity planning preferred
• Strong expertise in Java, Scala, C#, C++, or Python, with extensive experience building scalable APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
• Deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, cloud-native technologies, containerized applications, and modern software architecture
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization, scalability, reliability, and security best practices
• Proven ability to influence technical strategy, lead organizational change, mentor engineering teams, and drive cross-functional alignment
• Demonstrated commitment to engineering excellence through testing, observability, system health monitoring, and continuous improvement practices

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Responsibilities

• Define and execute long-term technical strategies that align engineering investments with business objectives and customer outcomes

• Lead the design and delivery of large-scale, mission-critical software systems across multiple teams

• Drive architectural decisions, technical roadmaps, and organizational alignment through strong technical leadership

• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence

• Identify and mitigate technical risks while balancing immediate business needs with long-term platform sustainability

• Partner with product and business stakeholders to ensure technology investments maximize customer value

• About the Team

• Moody’s Insurance Solutions develops advanced software, modeling, and analytics platforms that help organizations quantify and manage risk across the global property and casualty insurance market. The team delivers innovative solutions addressing natural catastrophes, cyber threats, climate risks, and emerging challenges through modern technology and data science.

• Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws.

• Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

• For more information on the Securities Trading Program, please refer to the Securities Trading Policy on Moody’s Compliance Expo page

• Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee’s tenure with Moody’s.

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