Platform Engineering Lead: Scalable Backend & APIs

Moody's Investors Service; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Moody’s Investors Service is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design scalable platform services and APIs that power Moody’s SaaS ecosystem. You will lead architecture discussions, drive strategic technical decisions, and collaborate with product teams to deliver reliable and secure software solutions.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and contribute to operational excellence through monitoring and documentation in a highly distributed environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering scalable backend platforms.
• Strong expertise in Java and C#/.NET, API development, microservices, distributed systems.
• Experience with relational databases, NoSQL, and cloud-native architectures.
• Hands-on knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, scalability, performance optimization, and reliability engineering.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence architectural decisions.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills within highly distributed engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable platform services, APIs, and foundational systems supporting Moody’s SaaS ecosystem.
• Lead architecture discussions and drive strategic technical decisions across platform engineering initiatives.
• Develop reliable, secure, and high-performing software solutions that support evolving business needs.
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams to deliver customer-focused technology solutions.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices for software quality, maintainability, and scalability.
• Support operational excellence through monitoring, optimization, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

8+ years experience

Java

C#/.NET

API development

Microservices

Distributed systems

Relational databases

NoSQL

Cloud-native architectures

Docker

Kubernetes

Mentor engineers

Architectural decisions

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Moody’s Investors Service is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design scalable platform services and APIs that power Moody’s SaaS ecosystem. You will lead architecture discussions, drive strategic technical decisions, and collaborate with product teams to deliver reliable and secure software solutions.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and contribute to operational excellence through monitoring and documentation in a highly distributed environment.