VP of Software Engineering - Commodity Insights

Job Description

The VP of Software Engineering will play a pivotal role in our strategic transformation from product to platform-centric software engineering practices while modernizing our technology stack and transitioning to agile development. These effortsare occurring within the broader context of major strategic initiatives to extend our market leadership and build next-generation cloud-based software platforms. In short, the VP of Software Engineering will lead fundamental software product, engineering,organizational and operational changes. As VP of Software Engineering, you will be responsible to develop the portfolios technology strategy, develop and maintain web and desktop applications, develop future state platforms, migrate legacy applications onto new platforms and have a forward lookingview on innovative ways to improve developer efficiency. You will be responsible for the SDLC, technical design, development, QA, build systems, software deployment, datacenters and cloud operations. In addition to the software engineering responsibilities,the VP will be responsible for location strategy leveraging our global office footprint. The ideal candidate must be technical enough to be hands on and has the managerial expertise to direct multiple software development teams as they maintain existing software and build for the future. Must have the ability to function as an architect and havean excellent customer focused attitude to lead our development teams. This position will require leading an agile transformation while maintaining the daily operations. Requires expert insight into the technical complexity of key components and must providetechnical guidance to software engineering managers, architects, programmers, infrastructure, product management and other non-technical team members. Partnering, collaborating and aligning with Product Management and customer-facing peers will be key in identifying what needs development so we are always delivering value to our customers. As a strategic partner with the business and CTO this position willlead the creation of a multi-year roadmap of how technology enables the business and drives value and efficiency at the same time. In addition to agile transformation, platform development, application maintenance and alignment with the business this position will require managing and building off-shore teams. Responsibilities:

• Partner with product management and co-lead an agile transformation
• Partner with customer-facing peers to create and deliver on multi-year roadmaps
• Manage and build teams off-shore
• Lead the transformation from multiple applications/tools into a few platforms
• Migrate legacy applications onto the platform
• Set & vet the architecture direction of multiple applications in the portfolio
• Identify and consolidate duplicate product functionality, infrastructure environments and teams
• Automate manual tasks
• Ensure development teams estimate development effort by breaking down components into work items
• Ensure managers assign resources to work items and ensure deadlines are met
• Provide software development progress reports to executive management
• Occasionally get into the user stories and code to validate engineering direction and design
• Work closely with application support to ensure escalated items are addressed accordingly
• Ensure production operations of 99.99% uptime
• Partner with infrastructure to efficiently manage the AWS environments
• Migrate on-prem datacenter applications to the cloud
• Implement and enforce AWS cost controls
• Lead technology audit compliance based on SPGI guidelines
• Provide mentoring and guidance to team members
• Continually work on process improvement
• Stay current with modern software development technology
• Lead from the front and be a cultural change agent. Build a proactive, Get Stuff Done culture

Experience:

• Experience partnering with Product Management in an agile SDLC
• Prior experience building platforms
• Prior development and management of cloud base software with 1,000s of users is a must
• Must come from a software development background. Prior experience as a software engineer
• Experience in a regulated industry or extensive SSAE16/SOC2 experience
• Intimate knowledge of Internet development, .NET or Java
• Experience with cloud software development, AWS is a plus
• Prior experience developing desktop applications
• Management of high-performing agile teams
• Management of on-shore and off-shore teams
• Management of a development team of 75+ FTEs (Dev, QA, BA, System Engineers)
• Previous architecture experience with large scale cloud based software

Technologies

• Relational databases and Marklogic is a plus
• GPU graphic processing
• Web application development
• Microsoft desktop development
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, JSON, XML
• REST APIs

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree, preferably in Computer Science
• Preferably at least 12+ years of software development experience
• Experience managing application integration projects
• Experience managing an agile SDLC, preferable SCRUM
• Advanced knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts and relational data modeling
• Strong Object-Oriented Design, Relational Database Design, and Cloud
• Ability to collaborate and brainstorm in a team environment
• Culture Carrier: Get Stuff Done

Grade/Level (relevant for internal applicants only): 15 Compensation/Benefits Information (This section is only applicable to US candidates):S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $185,000 to $423,600. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individuals geographical location as well as experience and qualifications for the role. 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. S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. We provide the worlds leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, youll help solve complex challengesthat equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt to a changing economic landscape. S&P Global Commodity Insights enables organizations to create long-term, sustainab