Software Engineer Lead

About MobilityGlobal
S&P Global has recentlyannouncedthe intent to separate our Mobility Segment into a standalone public company.

Role Summary

The Software Engineer Lead will own and drive major corporate platform initiatives—modernizing and enhancing core enterprise systems, migrating platforms and workloads, and consolidating tools/technology stacks to improve reliability, security, scalability, and cost-efficiency.Working with the Heads of Corporate Platform teams and the functional business owners, you will lead technical delivery end-to-end: architecture, execution, quality,andoperational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the technical strategy and execution for platform enhancement, migration, and consolidation programs (e.g., application rationalization, shared services adoption, legacy retirement).

• Own end-to-end delivery: requirementsdiscovery, solution design, implementation, testing, cutover, and post-migration stabilization.

• Set engineering direction through reference architectures, patterns, standards, and guardrails (performance, resiliency, observability, security).

• Drive technical decision-making with a bias for measurable outcomes (availability, latency, cost, deployment frequency, incident reduction).

Architecture, Modernization, and Consolidation

• Design solutions to reduce duplication across corporate systems, including consolidation of services, data stores, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling.

• Guidemodernization efforts such as service decomposition, API standardization, event-driven patterns, and cloud/platform adoption whereappropriate.

• Lead integration strategies across identity, access, data, and enterprise applications.

Migration & Cutover Excellence

• Define migration approaches (rehost,replatform, refactor) andexecute withminimal downtime and risk.

• Create and run cutover plans, including rollback strategies, runbooks, verification checklists, and stakeholder communications.

• Manage data migration planning: mapping, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and retention/compliance considerations.

Engineering Management (Technical Lead Scope)

• Lead a team of engineers (directly or matrixed):providetechnical guidance, unblock delivery, and uphold high engineering standards.

• Own code quality practices: design reviews, code reviews, test strategy, and technical documentation.

• Mentorengineers;build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational ownership.

Reliability, Security, and Operations

• Ensure production readiness,

• Partner with security and compliance to implement secure-by-design practices (threat modeling, least privilege, auditability, secrets handling).

• Drive post-launch improvements using operational insights: incident learnings, performance bottlenecks, and customer feedback.

Stakeholder & Program Collaboration

• Partner withCorporate platform teams,product, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, IT, and business stakeholders to align roadmap, scope, and sequencing.

• Translate business goals into technical plans; proactively manage risks, dependencies, anddeliverytradeoffs.

• Communicate progress through concise status updates, technical demos, and executive-ready summaries.

Required Skills

Core Engineering

• Strongproficiencyin one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, C#, Python, Go, TypeScript).

• Deep experience building distributed systems: APIs, services, asynchronous processing, caching, and data persistence.

• Experience configuring and customizing SAAS applications.

• Strong SDLC discipline: version control, branching strategies, testing pyramids, and release management.

Platform, Migration, and Consolidation Expertise

• Proven success leading large-scale migrations (apps and/or data), including phased rollouts and zero/low-downtime strategies.

• Hands-on experience with legacy modernization and platform consolidation (decommissioning, dependency mapping, migration waves).

Leadership & Communication

• Strong technical writing: architecture docs, ADRs, runbooks, operational readiness checklists.

• Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across multiple teams.

• Pragmatic decision-making under constraints (timeline, risk, cost, regulatory needs).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a lead role (tech lead, staff/lead engineer, or engineering manager with hands-on delivery).

• Demonstrated delivery of enterprise-grade platform initiatives involving migration and/or consolidation with measurable outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-team programs with complex dependencies.

• Experience with enterprise identity and access patterns (SSO, RBAC), data governance, and audit requirements.

• Familiarity with domain-driven design, event-drivenarchitectures, and platform engineering practices.

• Experience with cost optimization and FinOps-style practices in cloud environments.

Success Metrics (Example)

• Migration/consolidation delivered on schedule with measured reductions in operational cost and system complexity.

• Improved reliability (e.g., fewer sev-1/2 incidents, higher availability) and better delivery performance (deployment frequency/lead time).

• Reduced technical debt through decommissioning legacy components andestablishingreusable platform capabilities.

• Strong engineering health: high code quality, clear documentation, predictable releases, and improved on-call outcomes.

Working Model / Collaboration

• Works closely with: Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure/Platform, SRE/Operations, Product Management, and Business Owners.

• Mayparticipatein on-call escalation and operational reviews depending on platform criticality.

We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.