Staff Software Engineer

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving 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. 

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. 

At Moody’s Analytics Know Your Customer (KYC) / Know Your Supplier (KYS), we solve problems that matter. We are a cross-functional team of sales and marketing, technology and product professionals who are all passionate about preventing criminal infiltration of the world’s financial system and bringing transparency to global supply chains by detecting fraud, terrorism, human trafficking, and other criminal threats.

We combine the agility, passion, and dynamism of a startup with the strong positioning and stability of an established institution, providing our people with dynamic career paths and mobility options across the globe, all while having access to the entire Moody’s network. We empower our people and are committed to helping them reach their goals.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a core member of a cross-functional team responsible for developing and executing on a vision for the Passfort product. We practice an agile, highly customer focused, and learning-based approach to product development.

Responsibilities:

• Actively lead large roadmap initiatives by not only setting the technical direction but also by contributing hands-on work to ensure their successful delivery.
• Champion observability by not just using data to guide initiatives but by actively implementing monitoring and logging practices in your development work.
• Engage hands-on with Rust, Python and React, amongst other technologies: Work with and, if you have not got commercial experience in it already, actively learn and contribute code in Rust/Python/ React
• Ensure high-quality software development through hands-on involvement in code reviews, directly contributing to our codebase, and participating in our on-call rotation to resolve real-world issues.
• Mentor junior team members both through technical guidance and by setting an example with your own hands-on work and coding practices.
• Proactively learn and adapt, incorporating innovative technologies hands-on to address our functional and scaling challenges.
• Champion and drive engineering processes and best practices by not only advocating for them but also by embodying these practices in your daily hands-on work.
• Contribute as an active member of a cross-functional team, not just balancing requirements, but also by directly implementing solutions that adhere to an outcome-based approach.
• Set the engineering standard through your hands-on work, emphasizing clean code and the importance of testing by actively writing and maintaining tests.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in hands-on development of highly scalable, high-performance applications.
• Versatility in programming languages, with direct experience in Python and a willingness to actively work with and learn Rust. Your track record should demonstrate the ability to pick up new languages and technologies through hands-on experience.
• Deep hands-on experience with large codebases, identifying and resolving complex issues through direct engagement and coding.
• Strong background in system design, with the ability to not only convey your thoughts but also to implement scalable solutions hands-on.
• Experience in a collaborative, Agile software development environment, with a focus on hands-on pair programming, active participation in code reviews, and a passion for building software collaboratively.
• Exceptional analytical and reasoning skills

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates 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.