Let's begin! Staff Engineer PDDeliver Lead
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Job Location:
Manchester - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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
- Distributed Systems & Streaming Data Engineering. You have experience designing and maintaining large scale distributed systems and streaming data pipelines ideally with Kafka Red Panda or similar to process unstructured data in near real time.
- Multi Language Programming Proficiency. Youre comfortable working in both legacy C/C codebases for debugging and extensions as well as developing clean new services and tools in Python/C#/Java/Go. Experience with JavaScript/React/NodeJS is a plus.
- Cloud Architecture & DevOps Enablement. Youve built and migrated applications to cloud platforms like AWS (GCP a plus) containerized legacy systems implemented high availability architectures with load balancing/failover and worked across relational and modern NoSQL/vector databases.
- Applied AI/ML & NLP Integration. You have hands on familiarity with integrating NLP features into production using libraries such as spaCy or ML classifiers delivering capabilities like entity extraction classification sentiment analysis and setting up feedback loops to improve models.
- End to End Technical Ownership & Agile Delivery. You thrive in taking end to end ownership of projects from gathering requirements to architecture coding testing deployment using agile practices and CI/CD pipelines to break down complex goals into actionable steps.
- Communication & Technical Leadership. You excel at explaining technical concepts to non technical stakeholders across regions mentoring junior engineers guiding support teams on best practices and producing clear technical documentation that ensures knowledge is shared effectively.
- Strategic Problem Solving in Brownfield Contexts. You know how to modernize mission critical legacy systems while safeguarding service stability balancing innovation such as cloud native rebuilds or GenAI integration with the realities of established production environments.
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 team.
- Full PD-Deliver Takeover & System Mastery (03 months): Quickly learn the ins and outs of the PD-Deliver platform including its C-based codebase and custom libraries MySQL configuration store and dependencies on internal/external APIs
- Support & Enhance Current Workflows for Key User Teams (36 months): Engage with the M&A FDI and other stakeholder teams to understand their usage of PD-Delivers Ledger UI and workflow.
- Infrastructure Assessment & Cloud Migration Plan (by 69 months): Conduct a thorough evaluation of PD-Delivers infrastructure which is currently hosted on GCP in a Linux environment and tightly integrated with legacy components.
- Modernize and Refactor Core System (start by 912 months): Begin execution of the migration/refactoring plan. Focus on leveraging Moodys modern data pipeline and tools as you rebuild parts of PD-Deliver: for example integrating with the new Red Panda/Kafka-based content streaming pipeline (replacing the older feed mechanism) and rewriting or optimizing components of the system.
- Integrate Generative AI and Agentic Automation (within 12 months): Elevate PD-Deliver by embedding GenAI capabilities and agentic code generation into its workflow.
- Ensure High Uptime and Redundancy (ongoing goal by 1218 months): Architect and implement solutions for near-100% uptime and robust failover.
- Autonomy: you will 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 large scale 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 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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
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About Company
Moody's CreditView is our flagship solution for global capital markets that incorporates credit ratings, research and data from Moody's Investors Service plus research, data and content from Moody's Analytics.
