Associate Director, Data Engineering

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):
12

Job Description

S&P Dow Jones Indices is seeking a Sr. Lead Data Engineer with expertise in Databricks/AWS EMR and distributed big data processing technologies to be a key player in the implementation and support of data platforms for S&P Dow Jones Indices. This role requires a seasoned technologist who contributes to application development and maintenance. The candidate should actively evaluate new products and technologies to build solutions that streamline business operations. The candidate must be delivery-focused with solid financial applications experience. The candidate will assist in day-to-day support and operations functions, design, development, and unit testing.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Lead the design and implementation of distributed data processing workloads using Python, including data access from relational databases and cloud storage technologies.
• Ensure performance, security, and reliability; coordinate with application teams to define database design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support data-driven initiatives.
• Mentor junior team members and promote best practices.
• Oversee maintenance and troubleshooting of distributed data processing systems.
• Drive innovation by evaluating and integrating new technologies.
• Produce system design documents and participate in technical walkthroughs.
• Perform application and system performance tuning and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Effectively interact with global customers, business users, and IT staff.

Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only):

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $127,000 - $185,000. The final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits that we provide to our employees, please click here.

What We're Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of IT experience in application support or development.
• Design & build ingestion pipelines using ETL/ELT and schema-on-read in data lake technologies.
• Experience in designing transactional systems, data warehouses, data lakes, and data integrations within a big data ecosystem, particularly leveraging cloud technologies.
• Provide technical expertise in the design and implementation of data ingestion pipelines with modern AWS cloud and other technologies such as S3, Hive, Databricks, Scala, Python, and large-scale data analytics tools.
• Strong experience in managing distributed data processing workloads, including configurations.
• Experience in working with multi-threaded, high-performance, low-latency messaging systems.
• Experience in AWS cloud-based technologies.
• Experience using system tools, source control systems, utilities, and third-party products.
• Excellent communication skills, with strong verbal and writing proficiencies.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in building data analytics solutions on AWS Cloud.
• Thorough understanding of replication strategies and implementation of high-availability protocols for 99.99% uptime.
• Experience with implementation of data governance and data lineage.
• Proficiency in implementing data models in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with financial applications such as Index/Benchmarks, Asset Management, Portfolio Investment modeling, or trading systems.
• Experience with microservice and serverless architecture implementation.

About S&P Global Dow Jones Indices

At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We're the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average . More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies.

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit

What's In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're 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 all.From 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. We're 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 world's 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 can take care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you-and your career-need 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: It's 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 awards-small perks can make a big difference.

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Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

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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.

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