About the Role:

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Job Description

The Team: We are building an end-to-end client lifecycle management solution, where technology drives procedural automation and standardization. Our solution includes industry-leading modules and tools widely adopted by financial institutions. This strategic initiative spans the entire client lifecycle—from onboarding to maintenance and offboarding—while providing seamless integration with various in-house products. We leverage a mature technology stack supported by cloud infrastructure, along with the latest advancements in the industry to deliver this solution over a multi-year span.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Lead a global engineering team across backend, front-end, data, and AI functions, with a focus on modern architectures, AI-driven automation, and cross-jurisdictional data compliance.
• Design and architect solutions for complex business challenges in the client lifecycle management space, utilizing your extensive experience with a modern technology stack and cloud infrastructure.
• Provide guidance and technical leadership to development teams on best practices, coding standards, and software design principles, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of existing system architecture (spanning multiple systems) and creatively envision optimal implementations to meet diverse client requirements.
• Drive participation in all scrum ceremonies, ensuring Agile best practices are effectively followed.
• Play a key role in the development team to create high-quality, high-performance, and scalable code.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, assisting in their adoption by development teams to enhance productivity and scalability.
• Collaborate effectively with remote teams in a geographically distributed development model.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with business stakeholders, building consensus and resolving queries regarding architecture and design.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues and defects within the technology stack and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Foster a professional culture within the team, emphasizing ownership, excellence, quality, and value for customers and the business.
• Build systems for regulatory checkpoints such as KYC, AML, FATCA/CRS, and LEI.
• Implement automation across entity matching, data validation, and workflow orchestration using AI and machine learning technologies.
• Implement agentic AI and advanced language model-based services to streamline onboarding, document processing, and exception handling.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, data sovereignty, and regulatory architecture patterns (e.g., regional sharding, zero-data copy patterns).

Compensation/Benefits Information:

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $125,000 to $210,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong core Java design skills, including design patterns.
• Significant experience in designing and executing microservices using modern frameworks and components.
• Proficient in messaging tools and real-time data pipeline technologies.
• Expertise in optimizing SQL queries on relational databases.
• Strong experience with multithreading, data structures, and concurrency scenarios.
• Proficient in using REST APIs and data formats in creating layered systems.
• Experience with cloud services and serverless architectures.
• Familiarity with advanced AI technologies and APIs.
• Domain knowledge in client onboarding, KYC, and regulatory workflows, with a deep understanding of the client onboarding lifecycle: initiation, due diligence, approvals, legal entity structuring, and regulatory documentation.
• Hands-on experience with entity resolution and matching frameworks.
• Proven experience leading a development team on client lifecycle management products.
• Familiarity with business process management tools related to customization of modelers and engines.
• Knowledge of data partitioning, regulatory compliance, and the latest UI trends is desirable.
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