About the Role:

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S&P Global Energy

The Role - Director - Backend Engineer/Architect

The Team:

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and skilled engineering leader for S&P Global Energy. We strive to deliver solutions that are sector-specific, data-rich, and hyper-targeted for evolving business needs.

The Impact:
S&P Global Energy is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for all stages of software design, development, and maintenance for data processing applications. This person would be part of a development team that manages and supports the internal applications that support Horizon business datasets. This role requires a candidate to handle data processing and develop applications for big data. We have teams composed of individuals who learn to work effectively together while collaborating with the larger group of developers on our platform.

What's in it for you:
It's a fast-paced agile environment that deals with huge volumes of data, so you'll have an opportunity to sharpen your data skills and work on an emerging technology stack.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in the execution and delivery of technology solutions to support business applications.

• This includes leading and coordinating activities throughout development, ensuring the appropriate use of standard models and software packages, as well as standard methods of integration, and developing common application services.

• Ensure that the best development processes and technologies are used in the design, construction, and implementation of applications.

• Ensures the timely delivery of the application development projects without compromising the quality and performance of the system

Basic Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 15+ yearsof hands-on software development experience, including5+ yearsin backend architecture roles.
• Demonstratedtechnical leadershipexperience: mentoring engineers, guiding design, and driving architectural decisions.
• Expert proficiency inC# and .NET (Core or modern equivalent), or comparable object-oriented backend technologies.
• Deep understanding ofmicroservices,RESTful API design, anddistributed systems.
• Advanced SQL skills, includingdatabase performance tuningfor large-scale datasets.
• Strong experience withrelational and non-relational databases, including schema design, indexing strategies, and scalability patterns.
• Knowledge ofbig data and large-scale data processing ecosystems, including distributed compute and ETL/ELT concepts (without requiring specific open-source frameworks).
• Experience withmajor cloud platforms(AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), including cloud-native service design.
• Strong experience withcontainerization, orchestration, and automated build/release pipelines.
• Expertise in application design and code reviews, with focus onscalability, security, resiliency, and performance.
• Strong understanding ofTDD/BDD,SOLID principles, and modern software engineering best practices.
• Proficiency inscripting/automationfor system integration and operational workflows.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, and Business stakeholders to align technical execution with business outcomes.
• Ability to make sound architectural trade-offs and drivetechnical strategy.
• Exposure toAI/ML or predictive analyticsin backend systems is a plus

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integratingLLM-powered capabilitiesviamanaged enterprise AI platforms(e.g., Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI Service, or Google Gemini).
• Hands-on experience designing and operatingcloud-native container and orchestrationenvironments at scale.
• Proven track record implementingCI/CDandinfrastructure-as-codepractices in production.
• Experience buildingdata ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflowsusing managed cloud services.

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.

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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: and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

US Candidates Only:

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