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From the employer's careers site First seen 3 Nov 2026

Senior Distinguished Engineer

S&P Global New York, NY senior full-time

Salary

$220,000 to $325,000 per year

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Description

We are seeking a Senior Distinguished Engineer to join our S&P Dow Jones Indices Technology team in New York City.

The Role: As the most senior technical individual contributor, you will work alongside engineering leaders, product owners, and control functions who bring deep domain expertise and high standards for rigor, with executive sponsorship and genuine autonomy to shape our technical future.

Responsibilities and Impact:

  • Define and execute technology vision and architecture strategy across S&P DJI's full technology stack
  • Continuously evaluate and pilot emerging technologies beyond agentic AI
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration with Product, Platform, Quality Engineering, and Architecture teams
  • Establish measurable outcomes and evaluation frameworks for new technical capabilities
  • Build technical capability across engineering teams through reusable patterns, standards, coaching, and hands-on partnership

What We're Looking For:

  • 10+ years of hands-on senior software engineering experience
  • Deep, current expertise in emerging technical domains such as agentic AI systems
  • Strong software and systems engineering foundations across architecture design, quality engineering, CI/CD pipelines, and platform development
  • Proven experience as a senior technical individual contributor setting technical direction and driving organizational change
  • Executive-level communication skills with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences

Compensation/Benefits Information: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $220,000 to $325,000.

Benefits:

  • 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

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • financial services
  • market data
  • index administration
  • compliance and audit requirements
  • data quality and validation at scale
  • AI risk frameworks
  • model risk management
  • technology governance in regulated environments

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://spgi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SPGI_Careers/job/New-York-NY/Sr-Distinguished-Engineer_331902-1

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