Senior Application Developer

The Role: Lead Software Developer

Grade: 11

The Team: Our team is responsible for the design, architecture, and development of data products using a variety of tools that are regularly updated as modern technologies emerge. Every day you will have the opportunity to work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and will be able to develop a close team dynamic with coworkers from around the globe.

The Impact: We are in search of highly motivated and skilled software engineers who are ready to take their career to the next level in a fast-growing company. Do you love working on technical projects as well as getting in the trenches and working with the team to get the work done?

What’s in it for you:

• Build a career with a global company
• Work on applications that fuel the global financial markets of the future
• Grow and improve your skills by working alongside highly motivated individuals on enterprise level product and cutting-edge technologies
• Be at the forefront of innovation in FinTech industry
• Competitive employee benefits
• Open and dynamic work culture

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and lead the development of scalable, high-performance solutions that align with business goals and technical strategy.
• Guide the technical direction of projects, ensuring best practices in system design, data architecture, and software development.
• Drive innovation by identifying opportunities to improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Oversee and optimize existing solutions, proactively addressing technical debt and ensuring continuous improvement in architecture and code quality.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines, ensuring alignment with corporate engineering principles.
• Champion automation and DevOps practices, integrating CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and security into the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Management and Business Stakeholders, to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Effectively communicate technical concepts through documentation, presentations, and knowledge-sharing initiatives to ensure alignment across teams.
• Influence strategic decisions by evaluating emerging technologies, industry trends, and architectural patterns to future-proof solutions.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, building scalable and high-performance systems.
• Backend Development & Programming:
• Strong proficiency in C# and .NET Core (or similar object-oriented programming languages).
• Experience in developing, optimizing, and scaling backend services for high-performance applications.
• Database & Data Engineering:
• Advanced SQL programming skills with experience in database performance tuning for large datasets.
• Proficiency in relational database management systems (MS SQL, PostgreSQL, or similar).
• Exposure to Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Databricks, Spark/Scala, Nifi, or ETL processes is a plus.
• Cloud & Infrastructure:
• Strong understanding of cloud computing environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized deployments is a plus.
• Messaging & Distributed Systems:
• Familiarity with large-scale messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or commercial equivalents.
• Scripting & Automation:
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Scala, Perl, or PowerShell for automation and system integration.
• Software Development Best Practices:
• Expertise in conducting application design and code reviews, ensuring maintainability and scalability.
• Deep understanding of TDD, BDD, SOLID principles, and best practices in software engineering.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.
• Strong logical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of financial industry fundamentals is highly preferred.

Flexible Working (optional)

We pride ourselves on our agility and diversity, and we welcome requests to work flexibly. For most roles, flexible hours and/or an element of remote working are usually possible. Please talk to us in the interview about the type of arrangement that is best for you. We will always try to be adaptable wherever we can.

Return to Work

Have you taken time out for care responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return-to-Work initiative (link to career site page when available), we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply and will actively support your return to the workplace.

Grade/Level (relevant for internal applicants only): 11

The Location: Romania

About S&P Market Intelligence:

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, we know that not all information is important—some of it is vital. Accurate, deep and insightful. We integrate financial and industry data, research and news into tools that help track performance, generate alpha, identify investment ideas, understand competitive and industry dynamics, perform valuation and assess credit risk. Investment professionals, government agencies, corporations and universities globally can gain the intelligence essential to making business and financial decisions with conviction.

S&P Global Market Intelligence is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.