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Department

KYC OU

Role/Responsibilities

An Associate Director- Software Engineer fulfils the following responsibilities, with occasional guidance of more senior team members:

• Provide expert level advice on multiple technologies across projects
• Develop tools and processes to support KYC services and management of client data.
• Interpret business requirements for a Business Mission/Epic with the assistance of Business Analysts.
• Provide feedback on requirements from a technical perspective and help provide estimates for user stories and tasks.
• Author technical documents for the running and troubleshooting of internal and customer facing applications.
• Assist with the refactor of design and implementation for stories owned by software engineering based on requirement changes.
• Collaborate with quality assurance engineers to investigate defects.
• Investigate and find the root cause for software problems reported by clients.
• Assist with client onboarding and troubleshoot periodic data issues.
• Develop tools to automate frequent manual tasks.
• Maintain technical documents related to the running and troubleshooting of internal and customer facing applications.
• Assist with the review of code of less senior team members and provide guidance from a technical perspective.
• Work with more senior team members to continuously improve our engineering practices.
• Mentor more junior engineers.
• Conduct training sessions and proactively share knowledge in or across teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related major from top institutions, Masters degree is a plus.
• Deep understanding of Object Oriented design and development
• 7+ years of professional software design and development experience on multi-tiered enterprise applications.
• Proficient in data access techniques for both relational and NoSQL databases
• Works well within the constructs of an agile development process, including SCRUM, Unit Testing, Continuous Build and Integration, etc and suggests improvement to this process
• Quickly learns new technologies; proactively seeks to improve
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to participate in multiple projects concurrently and to own a business mission or a lead a small team
• Works well in a fast-paced team environment; able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• Has superb analytical and problem solving skills.
• Competent in Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, Perl, SQL, HTML/HTML5, CSS2/3, XML, XSLT, etc.
• Competent in Development tools: Visual Studio, Eclipse (CDT), IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, etc.
• Competent in Development Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux.
• Competent in Application Servers: JBoss/Wildfly, Tomcat, etc.
• Competent in Application Frameworks & Engines: J2SE, J2EE, JDBC, Spring, ORM frameworks such as Hibernate or iBatis,
• Familiar with API testing tools: Postman, SoapUI.
• Familiar with Databases: PostgreSQL, MySql, MongoDB, etc.
• Competent in Others: Jira, SVN, Git, Jenkins, etc.

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, 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. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email [email protected] . This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $109,200 to $181,600, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody's also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

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.