Senior Software Engineer (AI/Search Engineer)

Grade Level (for internal use):

Role: Java Engineer (Core Services / Platform Engineering)

The Team: Core Services is a global engineering group driving cloud‑native innovation. We build microservice frameworks and platform capabilities that let product teams at S&P Ratings ship resilient, observable, secure services faster. Our internal platform abstracts common concerns—resilience, observability, secrets management, deployments, configuration—so feature teams can focus on business value.

The Impact:
You will help evolve the framework and shared libraries that power mission‑critical ratings and analytics applications. Your contributions reduce duplication, streamline developer workflows, and lower time‑to‑market. By codifying best practices (fault tolerance, metrics, structured logging, security, CI/CD hygiene) you help every engineering squad move faster while maintaining enterprise standards.

What’s In It For You:

·       Ownership of platform components used company‑wide.

·       Collaboration with experienced engineers in distributed systems, cloud, search, streaming, and platform design.

·       Exposure to modern JVM ecosystem tools (Spring, Cloud Native Buildpacks, CNCF projects, Kafka, container orchestration).

·       Opportunities to run proof‑of‑concepts and influence technology adoption.

·       Supportive culture emphasizing learning, quality, and continuous improvement.

·       Work on cutting edge AI/Search solutions.

Responsibilities:

·       Enhance our search experience with generative and personalization capabilities

·       Contribute to integrating search and AI/ML capabilities (semantic enrichment, relevance, generative augmentation) into the platform.

·       Built Agentic workflows, AI/ML solutions for search and data retrieval.

·       Work on improving and implementing RAG and context engineering.

·       Work with advanced data stores such as Vector stores to improve data retrieval accuracy and be able to optimize storage and retrieval.

·       Design, implement, and enhance Java microservices and shared framework modules.

·       Deliver features improving resilience, observability, configuration, developer experience, and security.

·       Build and maintain event‑driven components and data pipelines using Kafka (producers, consumers, schemas, stream processing).

·       Write clean, testable code; maintain unit/integration tests; participate in and provide constructive code reviews.

·       Partner with internal customer teams: triage issues, refine requirements, improve documentation and onboarding guides.

·       Create focused proof‑of‑concepts evaluating new libraries or approaches; communicate findings.

·       Uphold secure coding, compliance, and performance best practices; contribute to automated quality gates (static analysis, metrics dashboards, CI/CD).

·       Participate in sprint ceremonies and collaborate with product, architecture, and other engineers on design discussions.

What We’re Looking For:

·       Strong foundation in core Java (collections, concurrency fundamentals, streams) and object‑oriented design.

·       Experience building RESTful APIs/services (Spring Boot or similar framework).

·       Solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, and Git workflows.

·       Working knowledge of testing practices (JUnit/Mockito or similar).

·       Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and basic cloud deployment concepts.

·       Clear, professional communication and collaborative mindset.

·       Experience with Kafka or another event streaming / messaging system.

·       Experience with search technologies (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Lucene) or vector/semantic retrieval.

·       Experience integrating AI/ML features (e.g., calling model APIs, embedding generation, ranking).

·       Experience working with Vector stores.

·       Experience working with AI/ML framework such as langchain/langgraph.

·       Observability tooling familiarity (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry concepts, structured logging).

·       CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).

·       Knowledge of security fundamentals (secrets management, authN/Z patterns).

Grade : 10

Experience Range : 6 to 8 years

Location : Hyderabad

Shift Time : 12 pm to 9 pm IST

Hybrid Model : twice a week work from office.

About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).  S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.
Our benefits include: 

• 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.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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