Senior Technical Lead, Platform Engineering

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 25 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Your Team Responsibilities

At MSCI technology powers our global insights. Were building the next-generation platform that enables our products and clients to move faster integrate smarter and scale securely.

As a Senior Technical Lead youll play a pivotal role in designing and delivering new platform capabilities built on modern microservices cloud infrastructure and AI-assisted solutions. Youll work with emerging technologies like the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enhance how services interact with AI models and automate integration flows.

Youll lead through hands-on engineering writing code guiding design and mentoring others while shaping the evolution of MSCIs secure intelligent and scalable platform ecosystem.

Join us to build the foundation for MSCIs AI-enabled future.

Your Key Responsibilities

At MSCI were re-engineering our technology foundations to enable AI-driven innovation seamless integrations and secure scalability across our global platforms.

Were seeking a Senior Technical Lead who combines deep engineering expertise with architectural vision to help drive this design and deliver microservices and APIs that power next-generation platform capabilities including AI-assisted workflows automated integration patterns and model interaction layers built with the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of cloud infrastructure intelligent automation and modern application design.

Architect and build scalable secure microservices in Go or Java powering new platform and AI integration capabilities.
Design and deliver cloud-native services that leverageAI models and context-aware APIs to improve system intelligence and automation.
Collaborate globally with product architecture and AI teams to identify opportunities for embedding intelligence into the platforms design.
Integrate modern protocols likeMCP (Model Context Protocol) to enable richer AI context sharing and dynamic system behavior.
Mentor and coach engineers driving excellence in code quality architecture and delivery.
Lead end-to-end delivery from design through deployment ensuring scalability resilience and observability.
Champion secure and policy-driven architecture leveraging SSO federation OAuth2/OpenID Connect and Open Policy Agent (OPA).

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

1015 years of backend or platform engineering experience.
Proven experiencebuilding and deploying microservices in production within a cloud environment (AWS Azure or GCP).
Expertise inGo or Java with deep understanding of distributed systems and API design.
Experience integrating or leveragingAI/ML models or services within production systems.
Familiarity withAI-assisted development tools and a strong belief in data-driven intelligent engineering.
Experience withKubernetes Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with a track record of technical mentorship.

Preferred Qualification:

Familiarity withModel Context Protocol (MCP) or similar frameworks for AI-context sharing.
Understanding ofauthentication and federation standards (OAuth2 OpenID Connect SAML).
Experience withOpen Policy Agent (OPA) or other policy-as-code models.
Exposure tovendor API ecosystems and secure platform integrations.
Passion for using AI toaugment engineering processes and platform intelligence.

About MSCI

What we offer you

Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits tailored to your location ensuring your financial security health and overall wellbeing.

Flexible working arrangements advanced technology and collaborative workspaces.

A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

A global network of talented colleagues who inspire support and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey followed by access to our platform LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges internal mobility and expanded roles.

We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities Asian Support Network Black Leadership Network Climate Action Network Hola! MSCI Pride & Allies Women in Tech and Womens Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do and we are inspired by our purpose to power better investment decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative curious and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself our clients and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research data and technology we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion creed age sex gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin citizenship disability marital and civil partnership/union status pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave) veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please email and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Your Team ResponsibilitiesAt MSCI technology powers our global insights. Were building the next-generation platform that enables our products and clients to move faster integrate smarter and scale securely.As a Senior Technical Lead youll play a pivotal role in designing and delivering new platform ...