Senior Software Engineer

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The Role / Responsibilities:
 

The Senior Software Engineer is a hands-on engineer who works from design through implementation of standalone features for the MA Platform. In this role you will be expected to be a full life cycle engineer, and present designs, perform peer code reviews and work collaboratively with your team and across teams to drive initiatives/features. This is a hands-on position where you will do everything from designing and building components and cutting-edge features to formulating strategy and direction within the Org. You need to not only be a top developer with excellent programming skills and a stellar record of delivery but also excel at communication and customer obsession. You are empowered to build best in class solutions working with architects both within the team and outside and will be responsible for your work end-to-end. You are expected to be independent yet collaborative ensuring that your deliverables fit into the overall team’s commitments. 
 

Qualifications: style="color:black">
 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering or similar.
• 5+ years of professional programming experience with a proven track record of on-time delivery.
• Production programming experience object-oriented languages such as Java, C#, or software development with any strongly typed language.
• Experience with relational data storage such as PostgreSQL and SQL Server.
• Exposure to big data storage such as Apache Spark, Kudu, Snowflake, and similar technologies.
• Working experience with Microservice Architectures.
• Working experience with cloud platforms (public or private) such as Azure, Google Cloud, AWS.
• Demonstrable skills in analytic computing and algorithms.
• Demonstrable understanding of advanced programming concepts such as multi-threading, memory management, and query processing. 
• Passion for finding and solving problems.
• Excellent communication skills, proven ability to convey complex ideas to others in a concise and clear manner.

Preferred Qualifications
 

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills (to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels).
• Familiarity with OAuth2.0, SAML 2.0, SCIM, IDP’s such as AWS Cognito, Okta or Azure Active Directory is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with Azure EventHub or AWS SNS/SQS.
• Familiarity with big data, data science/analytics, and large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience working with event-driven architecture

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, place of origin, disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from Aboriginal persons, members of a visible minority group, persons with a disability, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and women.

Moody’s is committed to maintaining an inclusive, diverse and accessible workplace. To this end, reasonable accommodations are available on request, and will take into account the particular accommodation needs of individual candidates. If you are selected and require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, you may send your request to AODA@moodys.com. Information provided during the accommodation process will be treated as confidential, and will be shared only to the extent required to properly evaluate accommodation requests.

Candidates for Moody’s Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s 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.