Let's begin! Staff Software Engineer

At Moodys we unite the brightest minds to turn todays risks into tomorrows opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they arewith the freedom to exchange ideas think innovatively and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moodys is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment were advancing AI to move from insight to actionenabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity speed and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship lead with curiosity champion diverse perspectives turn inputs into actions and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• Seniorlevel software engineering expertise in distributed streaming and dataintensive systems
• Strong handson experience with productioncritical platforms including system ownership and modernization
• Proficiency in C/C for legacy systems and Python (or similar) for modern service development
• Deep understanding of realtime data pipelines event streaming and workflow automation
• Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS strongly preferred; GCP experience beneficial)
• Strong architectural judgment stakeholder communication skills and endtoend ownership mindset

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). Advanced degree preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Own and modernize a mission critical AI driven data platform delivering scalable reliable and future ready solutions for Moodys data estate. Critical AI driven data platform delivering scalable reliable and future ready solutions for Moodys data estate.

• Take full technical ownership of PD Deliver a mission critical platform that automates ingestion filtering and delivery of high value unstructured financial data (news and filings)Deliver critical platform that automates ingestion filtering and delivery of high value unstructured financial data (news and filings)
• Ensure continuity stability and performance of the platform while leading its modernization and architectural evolution
• Partner closely with business users (e.g. M&A cross border investment ratings and filings teams) to translate requirements into reliable technical solutions border investment ratings and filings teams) to translate requirements into reliable technical solutions
• Design maintain and evolve real-time data pipelines and streaming workflows ensuring accuracy scalability and low latency time data pipelines
• Refactor and rebuild legacy components as needed improving maintainability reliability and extensibility
• Lead infrastructure assessment and cloud migration planning including dependency untangling risk mitigation and phased execution
• Integrate machine learning and generative AI capabilities to enhance filtering clustering enrichment and content relevance
• Build and maintain feedback mechanisms that continuously improve model performance based on user interaction
• Ensure high availability redundancy monitoring and failover for a business-critical production system critical production system
• Produce clear technical documentation and architectural artifacts to prevent knowledge silos and support long-term sustainability term sustainability
• Act as a technical leader and mentor supporting junior engineers and collaborating across distributed teams
• Autonomy: Operate with a high degree of independence as a senior individual contributor owning design implementation and delivery decisions.

About the team

The Data Estate Enrichment team is responsible for transforming largescale unstructured data into trusted actionable insights across Moodys. The team combines advanced software engineering data pipelines and AI/ML techniques to enrich and distribute content used by hundreds of internal stakeholders globally.
By joining this team you will play a pivotal role in modernizing a high visibility platform at the intersection of data cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence helping shape Moodys next generation of data and agentic AI platform at the intersection of generation data and agentic AI capabilities.

Moodys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender expression gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moodys Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moodys 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.