Staff Software Engineer

Moody's; New York (NY); Remote; USD 189,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading analytics firm is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their team in New York. This position allows remote work and requires a bachelor's degree along with significant software development experience. The role involves interpreting business requirements, mentoring junior staff, and maintaining coding standards. Competitive compensation is offered, with a salary range of $189,592 to $203,350 per year.

Benefits

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Requires at least five years of experience in software development.
• Experience with multi-tiered distributed software systems.
• Experience in designing technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Interpret business requirements and provide feedback.
• Author technical design documents.
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct training sessions.

Skills

Java

Micro services

Spring Boot

Docker

JIRA

GitLab

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Oracle

Junit

Apache Tomcat

LINUX/UNIX

Maven

Job description

Overview

At Moody’s, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Position

Employer: Moody’s Analytics, Inc.

Title: Staff Software Engineer

Location: 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007 (Principal place of business – telecommuting permitted)

Responsibilities

• Interpret business requirements for a Business Mission or Epic with the assistance of Business Analysts.
• Provide feedback on requirements from a technical perspective and provide estimates for user stories and tasks.
• Author technical design documents.
• Implement and test features based on the requirements.
• Refactor design and implementation for stories owned, based on requirement changes.
• Define and maintain coding standards and guide team members to comply with these standards.
• Collaborate with quality assurance engineers to fix defects.
• Collaborate with build and release engineers to prepare packages and solve environment issues.
• Investigate and find the root cause for software problems reported by clients.
• Maintain technical documents.
• Review code of less senior team members, provide guidance from a technical perspective.
• Work with more senior team members to continuously improve our engineering practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct training sessions and proactively share knowledge in or across teams.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, or a closely related technical field plus at least five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as a Lead Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Technical Leader or in a related position performing software development and designing technical solutions.
• Experience with developing and maintaining large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, J2EE, micro services, service-oriented architecture, Spring Core, Spring Data JPA, Spring JDBC, Spring Security, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JDBC, JPA, CICD tool, Oracle, multiple message broker technologies, NoSql databases, and build tool Maven/Ant, JIRA, Junit, Mockito, GitLab, Apache Tomcat, LINUX/UNIX, Docker.
• Telecommuting permitted (100% telecommuting position).will consider applicants resident in the continental U.S.

Compensation and Benefits

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $189,592 to $203,350/yr, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Application

To apply, please submit resume through careers.moodys.com or via e-mail at [e-mail]. Please refer to Job Ref. 11192. For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range is reiterated above.

Additional Information

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. This position may be considered a promotional opportunity under the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Additional links are provided for more information. Candidat es 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.

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