Senior Principal Engineer — AI & Systems Architecture

S&P Global, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Dow Jones Indices is seeking a Senior Distinguished Engineer in New York City to lead architecture and technology strategy. You will drive the development of the full technology stack, partnering with product, risk, and compliance teams to ensure market integrity while advancing innovative engineering practices.

The role requires a track record of senior technical leadership, execution of complex programs, and clear communication with executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on senior software engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in agentic AI systems, including LLM-based agents, orchestration frameworks, tool integration, and evaluation methodologies.
• Strong software and systems engineering foundations across architecture design, quality engineering, CI/CD pipelines, and platform development.
• Proven experience as a senior technical individual contributor setting technical direction and influencing architecture decisions.
• Executive-level communication skills with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to CTOs, risk committees, and senior engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute technology vision and architecture strategy across S&P DJI's full technology stack, translating forward-looking technical insights into fundable engineering strategies.
• Continuously evaluate and pilot emerging technologies beyond agentic AI, separating genuine capabilities from market hype to guide strategic technology investments.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Product, Platform, Quality Engineering, and Architecture teams to extend forward-looking practices across the complete product development lifecycle.
• Establish measurable outcomes and evaluation frameworks for new technical capabilities, partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit to ensure regulatory compliance in a benchmark environment.
• Build technical capability across engineering teams through reusable patterns, standards, coaching, and hands-on partnership while influencing adoption through credibility.

Skills

Senior software engineering

Agentic AI / LLM-based agents

Architecture design

CI/CD pipelines

Executive communication

Job description

S&P Dow Jones Indices is seeking a Senior Distinguished Engineer in New York City to lead architecture and technology strategy. You will drive the development of the full technology stack, partnering with product, risk, and compliance teams to ensure market integrity while advancing innovative engineering practices.

The role requires a track record of senior technical leadership, execution of complex programs, and clear communication with executive stakeholders.