Software Engineer Lead

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Delivery Lead the technical strategy and execution for platform enhancement, migration, and consolidation programs (e.g., application rationalization, shared services adoption, legacy retirement). Own end-to-end delivery: requirements discovery, solution design, implementation, testing, cutover, and post-migration stabilization.

Set engineering direction through reference architectures, patterns, standards, and guardrails (performance, resiliency, observability, security). Drive technical decision-making with a bias for measurable outcomes (availability, latency, cost, deployment frequency, incident reduction).

Architecture, Modernization, and Consolidation Design solutions to reduce duplication across corporate systems, including consolidation of services, data stores, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling. Guide modernization efforts such as service decomposition, API standardization, event-driven patterns, and cloud/platform adoption where appropriate.

• Lead integration strategies across identity, access, data, and enterprise applications.
• Migration & Cutover Excellence Define migration approaches (rehost, replatform, refactor) and execute with minimal downtime and risk.
• Create and run cutover plans, including rollback strategies, runbooks, verification checklists, and stakeholder communications.

Manage data migration planning: mapping, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and retention/compliance considerations. Engineering Management (Technical Lead Scope) Lead a team of engineers (directly or matrixed): provide technical guidance, unblock delivery, and uphold high engineering standards. Own code quality practices: design reviews, code reviews, test strategy, and technical documentation.

Mentor engineers; build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational ownership. Reliability, Security, and Operations Ensure production readiness, Partner with security and compliance to implement secure-by-design practices (threat modeling, least privilege, auditability, secrets handling).

Drive post-launch improvements using operational insights: incident learnings, performance bottlenecks, and customer feedback. Stakeholder & Program Collaboration Partner with Corporate platform teams, product, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, IT, and business stakeholders to align roadmap, scope, and sequencing. Translate business goals into technical plans; proactively manage risks, dependencies, and delivery tradeoffs.

• Communicate progress through concise status updates, technical demos, and executive-ready summaries.
• Required Skills Core Engineering Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, C#, Python, Go, TypeScript).
• Deep experience building distributed systems: APIs, services, asynchronous processing, caching, and data persistence.
• Experience configuring and customizing SAAS applications.

Strong SDLC discipline: version control, branching strategies, testing pyramids, and release management. Platform, Migration, and Consolidation Expertise Proven success leading large-scale migrations (apps and/or data), including phased rollouts and zero/low-downtime strategies. Hands-on experience with legacy modernization and platform consolidation (decommissioning, dependency mapping, migration waves).

• Leadership & Communication Strong technical writing: architecture docs, ADRs, runbooks, operational readiness checklists.
• Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across multiple teams.
• Pragmatic decision-making under constraints (timeline, risk, cost, regulatory needs).

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a lead role (tech lead, staff/lead engineer, or engineering manager with hands-on delivery). Demonstrated delivery of enterprise-grade platform initiatives involving migration and/or consolidation with measurable outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-team programs with complex dependencies.
• Experience with enterprise identity and access patterns (SSO, RBAC), data governance, and audit requirements.
• Familiarity with domain-driven design, event-driven architectures, and platform engineering practices.
• Experience with cost optimization and FinOps-style practices in cloud environments.

• Success Metrics (Example) Migration/consolidation delivered on schedule with measured reductions in operational cost and system complexity.
• Improved reliability (e.g., fewer sev-1/2 incidents, higher availability) and better delivery performance (deployment frequency/lead time).
• Reduced technical debt through decommissioning legacy components and establishing reusable platform capabilities.

• Strong engineering health: high code quality, clear documentation, predictable releases, and improved on-call outcomes.
• Working Model / Collaboration Works closely with: Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure/Platform, SRE/Operations, Product Management, and Business Owners.
• May participate in on-call escalation and operational reviews depending on platform criticality.

We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!