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Role Summary

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the advancement of our AI capabilities across architecture strategy and hands-on development. You will be our senior-most technical expert for agentic workflows multi-agent systems and AI frameworks setting technical direction mentoring senior engineers and driving adoption of modern AI practices across product and platform teams. This is an individual contributor role (no direct reports) with significant scope cross-functional influence and a mandate to deliver clear architecture documentation and measurable organizational impact.

You will architect and build production-grade agentic systems (e.g. autonomous and tool-using agents orchestration/routing evaluation and guardrails) establish agentic standards and partner with Security Risk and EDO to ensure safety compliance and scalability. You will also guide teams in AI product strategyevaluating build/buy/partner decisions and aligning roadmaps with business outcomes.

What Youll Do

Architecture & Strategy

• Define reference architectures for agentic systems (single- and multi-agent patterns planners tool/skills frameworks routing memory and long-running agents).
• Establish standards for agentic solutions: prompt/version management evaluation regression testing observability feedback loops safety/guardrails cost governance and performance SLAs.
• Architect the end-to-end Agentic SDLCincluding design principles development workflows evaluation pipelines security/guardrails deployment patterns observability governance and continuous improvement practices for agentic applications and frameworks.
• Author clear high-quality architecture decision records (ADRs) strategy papers and reference implementations.

Hands-on Engineering

• Build production-ready agentic services and frameworks including tool integrations (APIs function calling) vector search and workflow orchestration.
• Implement robust evaluation pipelines (offline/online) automated guardrails (content privacy bias) and telemetry (latency quality cost).
• Ship reusable SDKs templates and golden paths to accelerate teams adopting AI capabilities.

Leadership & Mentoring

• Mentor senior/staff engineers; conduct design reviews; raise the bar for engineering excellence documentation and operational rigor.

Governance & Risk

• Ensure designs comply with security requirements; drive secure-by-default patterns.

Change & Adoption

• Champion AI literacy and agentic-first design thinking; run enablement workshops and internal demos; measure business impact and share wins.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years in software engineering including 5 years in applied ML/AI or ML platform/LLMOps roles; proven track record as a Principal/Distinguished-level IC or equivalent scope.
• Expert in one or more language: Python TypeScript etc. Strong software design testing CI/CD and observability skills.
• Deep experience with LLMs and agentic systems: tool/function calling planning memory routing multi-agent orchestration and long-running workflows.
• Practical LLMOps: prompt management offline/online evaluation automated guardrails dataset/versioning data pipelines human feedback A/B tests and cost/latency optimization.
• Cloud experience (preferably AWS)including security networking identity key management and IaC (Terraform).
• Strong communicator with a history of producing clear architecture docs diagrams and decision records.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OpenAI Claude Gemini or equivalent platforms; familiarity with LangChain Semantic Kernel or similar frameworks.
• Knowledge of model lifecycle
• Familiarity with AI safety techniques (content moderation jailbreak resistance PII redaction policy-as-code) and governance (model cards evaluations).
• Background in event-driven and streaming architectures similar to Kafka/Event Hubs) and workflow engines
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders (Product Security Legal Data Operations).

Core Competencies

• Systems Thinking: Designs scalable evolvable architectures with clear boundaries interfaces and SLAs.
• Technical Writing: Produces concise actionable documentation and ADRs; clarifies trade-offs.
• Pragmatic Innovation: Balances speed with safety cost and maintainability; ships incrementally with telemetry.
• Mentorship & Influence: Elevates peers through reviews pairing and exemplars; leads without authority.
• Operational Rigor: Designs for reliability observability and cost-efficiency from day one.
• Security & Compliance Mindset: Builds privacy-by-design and auditable workflows aligned to UK/EU regulations.

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions partnering with customers to expand their perspective operate with confidence andmake decisions with conviction.

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Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

Were more than 35000 strong worldwideso were 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 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. Were 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 worlds 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 cantake care of business. We care about our people. Thats why we provide everything youand your careerneed 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: Its 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 awardssmall perks can make a big difference.

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