Senior Backend Software Engineer

S&P Global
Cambridge, New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 150,000 - 225,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Problem-solving","Mentoring"]

Senior Backend Engineer role within Kensho’s Emergence group, developing reliable, secure APIs that connect S&P Global’s data with LLM-based systems for customer workflows. You will design and ship backend services for the PDF document processing platform Extract, collaborate across Product, ML, Infrastructure, and Design, and mentor teammates while working in a flexible US-based environment with occasional in-person hub meetings.

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S&P Global
S&P Global
5 months ago

Senior Backend Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Backend Engineer role within Kensho’s Emergence group, developing reliable, secure APIs that connect S&P Global’s data with LLM-based systems for customer workflows. You will design and ship backend services for the PDF document processing platform Extract, collaborate across Product, ML, Infrastructure, and Design, and mentor teammates while working in a flexible US-based environment with occasional in-person hub meetings.
Location: Cambridge, New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, develop, test, document, deploy, maintain, and improve software
  • •Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
  • •Work with key stakeholders to develop system architectures, API specifications, implementation requirements, and complexity estimates
  • •Test assumptions through instrumentation and prototyping
  • •Promote ongoing technical development through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and mentorship
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,000 - 225,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kTuition AssistanceParential LeaveEquity

Key Requirements

  • •At least five years of direct experience developing customer-facing APIs within a team
  • •Experience developing RESTful APIs using a variety of tools
  • •Experience turning abstract business requirements into concrete technical plans
  • •Experience working across many stages of the software development lifecycle
  • •Proficiency with algorithms (including time and space complexity analysis), data structures, and software architecture
Experience:5+ yearsAIMLNLPData discoveryAPIs
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingMentoring
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonFlaskFastAPIDjango REST FrameworkPostgreSQLCeleryRabbitMQRedisKafkaJsonnetClaude CodeCodexClineAWSAmazon EKSSentryPrometheusGitJenkinsGithub Actions

Company Brief

S&P Global
Provides financial information, analytics, benchmarks, and credit ratings to markets and institutions worldwide, offering data, research, indices, and risk assessment tools across the financial services and commodities sectors.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1917
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