Director, Software Engineering

S&P Global, Inc.; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global Dow Jones Indices is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to drive data platform initiatives and offshore delivery alignment with enterprise standards. You will partner with global teams to foster engineering excellence and scalable platform delivery.

You will lead data ingestion, transformation, and AI-assisted tooling adoption (Claude, Copilot, LLMs) to accelerate velocity while ensuring governance and quality across batch and streaming pipelines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, cloud data architecture, software engineering, or related domains.
• Experience as a senior IC or technical lead in complex data platforms.
• Hands-on with batch/streaming data workflows and Databricks-based lakehouse architectures.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute transition of existing data pipelines to the target enterprise data platform, with repeatable ingestion, transformation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Lead adoption of AI-powered development tools to increase velocity and quality, developing reusable context packs.
• Guide offshore teams in onboarding patterns for various data assets, domains, source systems.
• Integrate pipelines with the enterprise data mastering platform and establish data quality controls.
• Support semantic modeling and data discoverability with governance partnerships.
• Provide senior technical leadership and participate in design/code reviews for complex data platform initiatives.

Skills

Data engineering

Data platforms

Cloud data architecture

Software engineering

Senior IC

Databricks

AI tools

LLMs

Tools

Databricks

Claude

GitHub Copilot

LLMs

Job description

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 13 The Role: Director, Software Engineering The Team: This role partners with global platform, architecture, governance, security, data mastering, and Databricks-aligned teams to ensure offshore delivery aligns with enterprise standards. The team collaborates with partner teams, offshore teams, and upstream/downstream stakeholders to drive data platform initiatives and foster engineering excellence.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Drive Data Pipeline Transition and Platform Delivery: Partner with the core Databricks team to plan and execute the transition of existing data pipelines to the target enterprise data platform, implementing repeatable engineering patterns for ingestion, transformation, testing, deployment, and monitoring across onboarded datasets.
• Champion AI-Assisted Engineering: Lead the adoption of AI-powered development tools like Claude, GitHub CoPilot, and LLMs to increase engineering velocity, code quality, and operational effectiveness, while developing context engineering practices and reusable context packs.
• Provide Technical Direction for Data Onboarding: Guide offshore teams in defining and operationalizing asset-agnostic onboarding patterns for a broad range of data assets, domains, and source systems, establishing reusable ingestion and processing patterns across batch and streaming use cases.
• Support Data Mastering Platform Integration: Integrate platform pipelines and datasets with the enterprise data mastering platform, establishing data quality controls, reconciliation processes, and metadata alignment to support trusted mastered data.
• Influence Semantic Modeling and Data Discoverability: Support practices to create consistent business definitions, reusable data concepts, and governed consumption patterns, partnering with business, architecture, data governance, and platform teams.
• Drive Technical Influence and Engineering Excellence: Serve as a senior technical expert for offshore data platform engineering, influencing architectural decisions, providing technical guidance to engineers and partner teams, and contributing to design/code reviews for complex data platform initiatives.

What We’re Looking For

• Basic Required Qualifications
  • An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, cloud data architecture, software engineering, or related engineering domains.
  • Demonstrated experience operating as a senior Individual Contributor, technical lead, principal engineer, staff engineer, distinguished engineer, architect, or equivalent role in complex data platform environments.
  • Strong hands‑on experience with modern data engineering and pipeline development, including batch and/or streaming data workflows, and experience with Databricks‑based data platforms and lakehouse‑oriented architectures.
  • Practical experience using AI‑assisted engineering tools such as Claude, GitHub CoPilot, LLMs, or similar, and experience applying LLMs to engineering use cases like code generation and optimization.
• We require all external candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in‑person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.
• Additional Preferred Qualifications
  • Familiarity with enterprise data cataloging, metadata management, business glossary, lineage, operational metadata platforms, or semantic data layers.
  • Experience with NeoXam DataHub or NeoXam‑style mastering workflows, including consolidation, cleansing, enrichment, and trusted downstream distribution of mastered data.
  • Knowledge of semantic modeling for designing consistent business definitions, improving data discoverability, and supporting governed data consumption.
  • Strong Leadership skills: including coaching, empowering others to maximize their performance, and working to build consensus across groups with competing priorities.

Compensation/Benefits (US Applicants Only)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $110,000 to $225,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is not eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus or sales commission plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here. Include for roles that are bonus plan eligible, including sales commission plans.

About S&P Global Dow Jones Indices

At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset‑class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for index‑based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence. Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference. Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits

• 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

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global

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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