Java Lead Application Developer

S&P Global; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Dow Jones Indices is seeking a Lead Application Developer to join its global technology team in Mumbai. You will own end-to-end delivery for modernization and migration initiatives, while guiding cloud-native implementations on AWS and promoting engineering excellence across SDLC.

You will collaborate with product, security, infrastructure, and data teams to ensure production readiness, scalable design, and robust test automation in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering is required, or in lieu, equivalence in work experience.
• (10 to 12) years of IT experience in application development and support.
• Strong Experience with Java, J2EE, JMS including Spring Framework
• Strong Experience with Advanced SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL programming
• Basic networking knowledge / Unix scripting
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in minimum three of following.
• Advanced Python
• Advanced Scala
• Infrastructure/ CICD/DevOps
• Spark using scala / python/java and HDFS
• Good understanding of AWS cloud (EC2, EMR, Lambda, S3, Glue, etc.)
• Ansible / Fortify / Jenkins
• Exposure to addressing Vulnerabilities

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership & delivery ownership—own end-to-end execution for modernization and migrations.
• AWS cloud-native implementation—design cloud foundations and ensure production readiness.
• Engineering excellence & SDLC—set standards for clean code, reviews, tests, and release strategy; drive test strategy and automation.
• Security, compliance, and risk management—manage secrets, least privilege, auditability, and risk mitigation.
• Stakeholder collaboration—prioritize modernization deliverables with product/business teams and coordinate with security and data teams.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

SQL

Unix scripting

Python

Scala

DevOps

Spark

AWS

Jenkins

Vulnerability handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Fortify

HDFS

JQuery

HTML5

CSS

Job description

The Role:

S&P Dow Jones Indices a global leader in providing investable and benchmark indices to the financial markets, is looking for a Lead Application Developer to join our technology team.

The Team:

You will be part of global technology team comprising of Dev, QA and BA teams and will be responsible for analysis, design, development and testing.

The Impact:

You will be working on one of the core technology platforms responsible for index calculations as well as dissemination of index values

What’s in it for you:

You will have the opportunity to work on the enhancements to the existing index calculation system as well as implement new methodologies as required

Responsibilities:

Technical leadership & delivery ownership

• Own end-to-end technical execution for modernization and migration initiatives (scope, design, implementation, quality, and delivery milestones).

AWS cloud-native implementation

• Design and guide build-out of cloud foundations required for modern apps (networking, environments, security, observability, CI/CD).
• Ensure production readiness: performance testing strategy, failure-mode testing, rollout/rollback procedures.

Engineering excellence & SDLC

• Set standards for clean code, code reviews, test automation, branching/release strategy, and environment promotion.
• Drive test strategy across stacks: unit, contract, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests; improve automation coverage.
• Improve build/release reliability; reduce cycle time; implement guardrails (quality gates, vulnerability scanning as applicable).

Security, compliance, and risk management

• Ensure appropriate handling of secrets/credentials, least-privilege access, and auditability.
• Identify technical risks early (data migration risk, downtime, coupling, unknown dependencies) and drive mitigation plans.
• Create an upskilling plan for the existing team: learning paths for AWS fundamentals, Java/Spring, cloud-native patterns, and DevOps practices.

Stakeholder collaboration

• Partner with product/business stakeholders to prioritize modernization deliverables and manage trade-offs (time, scope, risk).

Coordinate with security, infrastructure/platform, and data teams to remove blockers and align on shared standards.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering is required, or in lieu, a demonstrated equivalence in work experience.
• (10 to 12) years of IT experience in application development and support.
• Strong Experience with Java, J2EE, JMS including Spring Framework
• Strong Experience with Advanced SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL programming
• Basic networking knowledge / Unix scripting
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in minimum three of following.

Advanced Python

Advanced Scala

Infrastructure/ CICD/DevOps

Spark using scala / python/java and HDFS

Good understanding of AWS cloud (EC2, EMR, Lambda, S3, Glue, etc.)

Ansible / Fortify / Jenkins

Exposure to addressing Vulnerabilities

Preferred Qualification:

• Experience working with large datasets in Equity, Commodities, Forex, Futures and Options asset classes.
• Experience with Index/Benchmarks or Asset Management or Trading platforms.
• Basic Knowledge of User Interface design & development using JQuery, HTML5 & CSS.