Grade Level (for internal use):
12Role: Lead II, Software Engineering
Team: Enterprise Data Organization | Distribution and Data Platforms – Data Management Tech | External Knowledge Platforms
Role Summary:
As an individual contributor on the External Knowledge Platforms team, the Lead II, Software Engineering is responsible for developing, deploying, maintaining, and supporting cloud-native capabilities that power S&P Global's public-facing Open Data and Open Metadata platforms.
This role combines domain expertise in Software, Cloud, and Data Engineering with practical ownership of serverless backend and single-page application delivery, in support of enabling reliable, secure, and scalable knowledge platform services.
Key Responsibilities:
In partnership with Product and senior engineering leadership, contributing to the implementation of the engineering roadmap for External Knowledge Platforms, including integration with enterprise and third-party data services.
Supporting the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including requirements refinement, application development, testing, cloud-native deployment automation, and production support.
Designing, building, and maintaining serverless backend solutions using AWS Lambda, Step Functions, and S3 to support externally consumed Open Data and Open Metadata capabilities.
Developing and enhancing single-page application frontends using Angular and CloudFront-based delivery patterns, ensuring high availability and consistent user experience at internet scale.
Building and maintaining reusable integration capabilities and platform tooling that accelerate delivery across knowledge platform services.
Monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving application and platform issues, with a focus on reliability, maintainability, and operational excellence.
Ensuring systems are secure, compliant, auditable, and observable in alignment with Enterprise standards.
Taking ownership of assigned services and components, including maintenance, support, documentation, and lifecycle management.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
8+ years of progressive experience in Software Engineering.
Strong knowledge and hands-on experience building cloud-native and serverless solutions in AWS.
Experience and comfort developing modern Java, Python, and TypeScript software.
Experience and comfort implementing and working within CICD / IAC processes (GitHub Actions, Terraform).
Proven ability to build, maintain, and support software solutions in complex, data-driven environments.
Experience with production support, issue resolution, application maintenance, and continuous improvement of software systems.
Agile mindset, with the ability to work effectively through change and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience developing microservice architectures and event-driven systems handling both high-volume and high-velocity data.
Experience delivering public internet-facing APIs, metadata services, or data products with strong reliability and security controls.
Experience building or supporting Open Data or Open Metadata platform capabilities, including exposure to semantic technologies.
Practical experience with ontology and taxonomy design principles.
Experience with CloudFront-based frontend delivery and Angular single-page application architecture.
Familiarity with complexities of multi-cloud application development leveraging AWS, GCP, and Azure technologies.
What’s In It For You?
Our Mission:
Advancing Essential Intelligence.
Our People:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.
Our Values:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
Benefits:
We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.
Our benefits include:
Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries
Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:
At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.
Recruitment Fraud Alert:
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Equal Opportunity Employer
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
US Candidates Only: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal
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20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), IFTECH202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group), SWP Priority – Ratings - (Strategic Workforce Planning)Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of progressive experience in Software Engineering
- Hands-on experience building cloud-native and serverless solutions in AWS
- Experience developing modern Java, Python, and TypeScript software
- Experience with CI/CD and IaC processes (GitHub Actions, Terraform)
- Proven ability to build, maintain, and support software solutions in complex, data-driven environments
- Experience with production support, issue resolution, application maintenance, and continuous improvement
- Agile mindset and ability to work through change in a fast-paced environment
- Experience developing microservice architectures and event-driven systems
- Experience delivering public internet-facing APIs, metadata services, or data products with strong reliability and security controls
- Experience with Open Data or Open Metadata platforms and semantic technologies
- Practical experience with ontology and taxonomy design principles
- Experience with CloudFront-based frontend delivery and Angular SPA architecture
- Familiarity with multi-cloud development (AWS, GCP, Azure)
S&P Global Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about S&P Global and has not been reviewed or approved by S&P Global.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include extended paid parental leave globally plus additional paid care and compassion leave, indicating strong support for families. Family-focused resources and flexibility reinforce a family-friendly approach.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are broad, including flexible recharge time and companywide wellness days, with additional volunteer time off highlighted. Hybrid and flexible work arrangements further complement time-off breadth.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing programs include 24/7 mental-health support, wellness reimbursements, and resources for employees and family members. Education and financial-wellness support such as tuition reimbursement and student-loan contributions expand the lifestyle offering.
S&P Global Insights
What We Do
At S&P Global, we accelerate progress by delivering essential intelligence that unlocks opportunity and fosters growth. For 160 years, our insights and data have helped countries, companies and investors make decisions with conviction. We’re the world’s foremost provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics, data, research, commentary and ESG solution. Our divisions include: • S&P Global Ratings, which provides credit ratings, research and insights essential to driving growth and transparency. • S&P Global Market Intelligence, which provides insights into companies, markets and data so that business and financial decisions can be made with conviction. • S&P Dow Jones Indices, the world’s largest resource for iconic and innovative indices, which helps investors pinpoint global opportunities. • S&P Global Platts, which equips customers to identify and seize opportunities in energy and commodities, stimulating business growth and market transparency.
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