Software Engineering Manager, Backend Development (Python)
S&P Global
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Job summary
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in backend system development.
- 4+ years building customer-facing APIs.
- Experience developing high-volume backend services.
Responsibilities
- Guide design and development of backend services.
- Develop retrieval and orchestration systems for AI outputs.
- Set standards for system performance and scalability.
- Ensure API security and compliance.
- Mentor and develop engineering talent.
Skills
Education
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Job description
Advancing Essential Intelligence.
Grade Level (for internal use): 03
Kensho is S&P Global’s hub for AI innovation and transformation. With expertise in Machine Learning and data discovery, we develop and deploy novel solutions for S&P Global and its customers worldwide. Our solutions help businesses harness the power of data and Artificial Intelligence to innovate and drive progress. Kensho's solutions and research focus on Generative AI, LLM Agents, speech recognition, entity linking, document extraction, text classification, natural language processing, and more.
At Kensho, we hire talented people and give them the autonomy and support needed to build amazing technology and products. We collaborate using our teammates' diverse perspectives to solve hard problems. Our communication with one another is open, honest, and efficient. We dedicate time and resources to explore new ideas, but always rooted in engineering best practices. As a result, we can innovate rapidly to produce technology that is scalable, robust, and useful.
Kensho’s Applications group builds the applications, backend services, and APIs that deliver Kensho’s AI capabilities to customers. Our teams are small, product-focused, and committed to shipping reliable, well-architected systems that scale. We work closely with Machine Learning, Product, and Infrastructure teams to turn advanced AI technology into high-quality, production-ready software.
The Applications group provides the core services, orchestration layers, and API frameworks that make Kensho’s AI products fast, dependable, and easy to integrate. We value engineers who bring strong technical judgment, curiosity, and a commitment to building backend systems that enable robust, high-impact AI applications.
You can read about some of our cutting-edge GenAI applications at:
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- Overall 8+ years of experience, with at least 4+ years of hands‑on experience in developing customer‑facing APIs within a team
- At least 3 years of experience developing production‑grade software and leading remote or multi‑site teams of 3‑4+ engineers
- Experience developing RESTful APIs using a variety of tools
- Strong understanding of distributed system concepts, concurrency, and event‑driven architectures
- Experience building and scaling high‑volume, low‑latency backend services
- Sound reasoning about the behaviour and performance of loosely coupled systems
- Proficiency with algorithms (including time and space complexity analysis), data structures, and software architecture
- Experience with CI/CD practices and tools to streamline deployment processes
- Experience with containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for application deployment and orchestration
- Experience deploying and operating backend systems on a major cloud platform (AWS preferred)
- Experience working across all stages of the software development lifecycle
- Thoughtful and efficient communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Experience using quantitative and qualitative measures to assess and improve the health of teams and projects
- Experience providing ongoing technical and interpersonal coaching and performance management to a diverse set of engineers
- Experience turning abstract business requirements into concrete technical plans
- Lead high‑quality backend delivery: Guide the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of backend services and APIs that power Kensho’s AI applications, ensuring reliability, security, and performance.
- Develop retrieval & orchestration systems: Oversee the architecture and implementation of retrieval and orchestration services that integrate with ML systems and enable grounded, verifiable GenAI outputs.
- Drive performance & operational excellence: Set standards for diagnosing and resolving latency, throughput, and scalability issues. Ensure strong monitoring, logging, alerting, and instrumentation practices.
- Strengthen system architecture: Shape the architectural roadmap for backend foundations supporting both the GenAI platform and ML toolkits such as Link and NERD. Review and approve designs that improve clarity, maintainability, and reliability.
- Ensure security & compliance: Maintain rigorous API security, authentication, authorization, and data‑privacy practices aligned with Kensho and S&P Global requirements.
- Improve reliability & manage technical debt: Establish processes for identifying technical debt, improving code quality, and enhancing fault tolerance. Contribute individually where needed.
- Develop engineering talent: Coach, mentor, and grow engineers through ongoing feedback, clear expectations, and structured development plans.
- Manage priorities & delivery: Coordinate multiple project streams, deadlines, and deliverables. Allocate engineering capacity across existing commitments and new initiatives.
- Collaborate across teams: Partner proactively with Product, ML, Design, and Infrastructure teams to align roadmaps, clarify requirements, and ensure effective cross‑functional execution.
- Support user experience through backend excellence: Ensure backend systems enable smooth, intuitive, and reliable experiences in customer‑facing applications.
- Foster innovation & experimentation: Encourage prototyping, instrumentation, data‑driven experimentation to validate ideas and drive platform improvements.
- Model Kensho’s culture & values: Build a team environment grounded in inclusion, curiosity, transparency, empowerment, and excellence.
- Python, Flask, FastAPI, Django REST Framework
- PostgreSQL, Celery, RabbitMQ, Redis, Kafka, OpenSearch
- AWS, Docker & other orchestration tools, Sentry, Prometheus
- Git, Jenkins, Github Actions, Jsonnet
- Terraform, Grafana
- 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.
For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries
At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.
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Job ID: 323133
Posted On: 2026-03-05
Location: Hyderabad, Telangāna, India
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