Software Engineer – Legal / Compliance / Risk Applications
S&P GlobalAbout the role
About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
10About Mobility Global
S&P Global has recently announced the intent to separate our Mobility Segment into a standalone public company.
Role Summary
You will configure, customize, expand and support software that powers Legal, Compliance, and Risk functions across the enterprise—supporting capabilities such as regulatory reporting, controls testing and evidence management, policy management, surveillance/monitoring, case & workflow management, third-party/vendor risk, audit support, and records retention/eDiscovery enablement. This role partners closely with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Privacy, and Security to deliver systems that are secure, auditable, reliable, and explainable.
Key Responsibilities
Software Delivery (Build & Run)
Set up and support SaaS and hosted applications and maintain end-to-end application features across UI, services, and data layers for Legal/Compliance/Risk platforms.
Translate complex regulatory and policy requirements into clear functional specifications and maintainable technical designs.
Write clean, testable code; contribute to engineering standards, code reviews, and documentation.
Own production quality: participate in on-call/operational support, incident triage, and post-incident remediation.
Controls, Auditability, and Evidence
Ensure systems provide traceability from requirements → implementation → test coverage → operational monitoring.
Data, Reporting, and Regulatory Change
Build data pipelines and reporting capabilities for compliance and risk metrics (e.g., KRIs, control effectiveness, regulatory submissions).
Partner with data teams to ensure data quality, lineage, reconciliation, and governance.
Adapt systems to evolving regulatory expectations with minimal disruption (configuration-driven rules where appropriate).
Security, Privacy, and Access Controls
Implement security best practices: encryption, secure secrets handling, least privilege, and strong authentication/authorization.
Support privacy-by-design: data minimization, purpose limitation, retention, and subject rights workflows as applicable.
Collaborate with Security teams on threat modeling, vulnerability remediation, and audit responses.
Integration & Platform Enablement
Integrate Legal/Compliance/Risk applications with enterprise platforms (identity, messaging, ticketing, document management, data warehouses).
Build scalable APIs and event-driven integrations to reduce manual work and improve timeliness of co
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