Staff Software Engineer - Python

Moody's Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Moody's Corporation is seeking a Staff Software Systems Engineer in Bengaluru, Karnataka, to lead the technical architecture across product squads specializing in Python backend development and cloud transformation. The role focuses on designing and enforcing engineering standards on AWS and mentoring engineers.

The ideal candidate has over 9 years of experience, with strong knowledge of serverless architectures and AWS tools. Moody's offers a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and supports career development.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in Python backend development.
• Frontend experience with React and TypeScript to guide UI engineers.
• Hands-on experience designing serverless architectures on AWS at production scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall technical architecture across multiple product squads.
• Design AWS Batch and Step Functions orchestration patterns for long-running jobs.
• Champion a design-first engineering culture with AI tools integration.

Skills

Python backend development

React

AWS Batch

Terraform

RDS (PostgreSQL)

AI coding tools

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

AWS CDK

AWS Glue

Job description

Skills and Competencies

• 9+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in Python backend development (Lambda, API Gateway, FastAPI or similar).
• Frontend experience with React and TypeScript sufficient to review and guide UI engineers.
• Hands‑on experience designing serverless architectures on AWS at production scale.
• Strong knowledge of AWS Batch and Step Functions for long‑running job orchestration.
• Experience with AWS CDK or Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Strong data awareness — comfortable with RDS (PostgreSQL), S3, and data pipeline concepts.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and drive engineering culture.
• Comfortable using AI coding tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude) as part of daily workflow.
• Experience with LLM API integration in production applications and familiarity with agentic workflows, MCP tools, or AI‑native application patterns is a plus.
• Experience with AWS Glue for ETL pipeline development is a plus.
• Background in financial services or data‑intensive enterprise products is a plus.
• Interest in prompt engineering and designing AI‑augmented developer workflows is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall technical architecture across multiple product squads.
• Define and enforce engineering standards for serverless Python development on AWS.
• Design AWS Batch and Step Functions orchestration patterns for long‑running data pipeline jobs.
• Lead cross‑squad architecture decisions including API design, data modelling, and infrastructure.
• Mentor and upskill Senior and Mid‑level engineers across all squads.
• Collaborate with the Data Engineer to define pipeline architecture and AWS Glue patterns.
• Drive infrastructure‑as‑code practices using AWS CDK or Terraform.
• Champion a design‑first engineering culture — investing heavily in planning before writing code.
• Encourage and model the use of AI tools for design, prototyping, and delivery acceleration.
• Be the technical escalation point for complex problems across all delivery squads.

About The Team

This role plays a critical leadership position within Moody’s Casualty and Financial Lines technology organization, helping drive large‑scale modernization and cloud transformation initiatives. The team operates across multiple full‑stack squads responsible for mission‑critical, data‑intensive platforms, with a strong focus on architectural rigor, resilience, security‑by‑design, and operational excellence. Working closely with Product, Platform, CloudOps, Security, and Data partners, the Staff Software Systems Engineer influences strategy, strengthens engineering practices, and enables teams to scale, innovate, and deliver with confidence in a regulated, enterprise environment.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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.