Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer, Data Collection

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC is seeking a Senior Staff Software Development Engineer in Mumbai to solve complex technical problems and deliver cloud solutions for the PitchBook platform. The ideal candidate will have at least 12 years of relevant experience, expertise in Java and microservices, and a proficiency in Agile environments.

In this role, you'll lead hands-on development, implement coding standards, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring high-quality product delivery.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Software Development or Engineering roles.
• 6+ years of experience with Java or similar object-oriented language.
• Experience with microservices and cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands-on solution exploration and experimentation.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers in an Agile environment.
• Provide technical guidance to team members.

Skills

Java or similar object-oriented language

Microservices Development

Service-Oriented & Microservices Architecture

Cloud Architecture

Domain Driven Design (DDD)

RESTful APIs

Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Spring Boot/Spring Framework

Kubernetes

Agile Development

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Senior Staff Software Development Engineer – Vashi, Navi Mumbai (4 days working from office)

As a Senior Staff Software Development Engineer within the Product organization, you will be responsible for solving the most complex and challenging technical problems and unlocking delivery of value for services that power the PitchBook platform. You will bring broad and deep experience in technology and problem solving, conducting hands‑on solution exploration and experimentation to guide technical teams and enable them to build and release exceptional solutions relied upon by thousands of PitchBook customers every day. You will work with PitchBook professionals worldwide to delight customers and grow our business. Your role will involve building and delivering comprehensive cloud solutions, performing trade‑off analysis, and validating the right architecture and design with hands‑on work. You will break down abstract problems into smaller parts, apply Domain Driven Design, and devise creative solutions with limited information. You will interpret, assess, and resolve a wide range of issues, influencing decisions to build optimal solutions. As a technical expert, you will promote architecture guidelines and principles across teams, driving consistency and alignment while fostering a culture of belonging, teamwork, and purpose.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Hands‑on development will be a large part of the responsibilities.
• Quickly learn and trial new technology, assess and validate assumptions, and identify flows or risks that support technical directions.
• Ensure qualities/non‑functional requirements of the platforms and products are defined, measurable, and continuously evaluated to deliver the right product to our users.
• Document technical designs, communicate, and elaborate with architects and other teams.
• Implement well‑designed, testable, and efficient code that meets product requirements, coding standards, performance, scalability, reliability, and the organization's goals and principles, which can serve as reference implementations for other teams.
• Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and internal stakeholders in an Agile environment.
• Provide technical guidance to different team members.
• Design and deliver end‑to‑end initiatives with little to no guidance.
• Define and participate in processes that improve products using return on experience and root cause analysis of incidents.
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors.
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested.
• Mentor and assist developing junior roles, including Staff Software Development Engineers.

Skills and Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar field.
• Minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 4 years experience; or equivalent experience – 8+ years in Software Development or Engineering roles.
• 6+ years of experience with Java or a similar object‑oriented language.
• 4+ years of experience developing microservices.
• Experienced with Service‑Oriented & Microservices Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Domain Driven Design (DDD), Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture.
• Fluent in identifying and applying architecture patterns and designing RESTful APIs.
• Have worked on middleware, platform, or system of systems.
• Experienced with web technologies and standards (e.g., JSON, JWT).
• Experienced with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experienced with Spring Boot/Spring Framework.
• Experienced with Container orchestration software (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Highly experienced working within development teams in an Agile environment.
• Ability to handle a project through the entire software development lifecycle, end to end.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and/or provide guidance to junior peers across multiple teams.
• Excellent technical communication skills, written and verbal.
• Demonstrated strong problem‑solving ability.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, including in‑depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to pick up new systems and software easily.

Working Conditions: The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees use PC and phone on an ongoing basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer. Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in‑person each week as we've found that we are at our best when we are purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in‑office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

Morningstar is strongly committed to creating and preserving equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We make all employment decisions—including recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, termination, and other personnel matters—without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship, gender identity and expression, parental status, or other legally protected characteristics or conduct.