S&P Global

Software Engineering Manager, Backend Development – Python

S&P Global

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Hyderabad • India

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDockerKubernetes

About the role

  • Lead High-Quality Backend Delivery: Guide the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of backend services and APIs that power Kensho’s AI applications, ensuring reliability, security, and performance.
  • Develop Retrieval & Orchestration Systems: Oversee the architecture and implementation of retrieval and orchestration services that integrate with ML systems and enable grounded, verifiable GenAI outputs.
  • Drive Performance & Operational Excellence: Set standards for diagnosing and resolving latency, throughput, and scalability issues. Ensure strong monitoring, logging, alerting, and instrumentation practices.
  • Strengthen System Architecture: Shape the architectural roadmap for backend foundations supporting both the GenAI platform and ML toolkits such as Link and NERD. Review and approve designs that improve clarity, maintainability, and reliability.
  • Ensure Security & Compliance: Maintain rigorous API security, authentication, authorization, and data-privacy practices aligned with Kensho and S&P Global requirements.
  • Improve Reliability & Manage Technical Debt: Establish processes for identifying technical debt, improving code quality, and enhancing fault tolerance. Contribute individually where needed.
  • Develop Engineering Talent: Coach, mentor, and grow engineers through ongoing feedback, clear expectations, and structured development plans.
  • Manage Priorities & Delivery: Coordinate multiple project streams, deadlines, and deliverables. Allocate engineering capacity across existing commitments and new initiatives.
  • Collaborate Across Teams: Partner proactively with Product, ML, Design, and Infrastructure teams to align roadmaps, clarify requirements, and ensure effective cross-functional execution.
  • Support User Experience Through Backend Excellence: Ensure backend systems enable smooth, intuitive, and reliable experiences in customer-facing applications.
  • Foster Innovation & Experimentation: Encourage prototyping, instrumentation, and data-driven experimentation to validate ideas and drive platform improvements.
  • Model Kensho’s Culture & Values: Build a team environment grounded in inclusion, curiosity, transparency, empowerment, and excellence.

Requirements

  • Overall 8+ years of experience , with at least 4+ years of hands-on experience in developing customer-facing APIs within a team
  • At least 3 years of experience developing production-grade software and leading remote or multi-site teams of 3-4+ engineers
  • Experience developing RESTful APIs using a variety of tools
  • Strong understanding of distributed system concepts , concurrency , and event-driven architectures
  • Experience building and scaling high-volume, low-latency backend services
  • Sound reasoning about the behaviour and performance of loosely coupled systems
  • Proficiency with algorithms (including time and space complexity analysis), data structures , and software architecture
  • Experience with CI/CD practices and tools to streamline deployment processes
  • Experience with containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for application deployment and orchestration
  • Experience deploying and operating backend systems on a major cloud platform ( AWS preferred )
  • Experience working across all stages of the software development lifecycle
  • Thoughtful and efficient communication skills (both verbal and written)
  • Experience using quantitative and qualitative measures to assess and improve the health of teams and projects
  • Experience providing ongoing technical and interpersonal coaching and performance management to a diverse set of engineers
  • Experience turning abstract business requirements into concrete technical plans
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
backend servicesAPIsRESTful APIsdistributed systemsconcurrencyevent-driven architectureshigh-volume backend servicesalgorithmsdata structuresCI/CD practices
Soft Skills
communication skillscoachingmentoringteam managementcollaborationproblem-solvingfeedbackprioritizationinnovationinclusion