Let's begin! Sr Data Engineer (10708) chez Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

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Employer: Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

Title: Senior Data Engineer

Location: 1414 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28203

Duties: Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines. Support and contribute to continuous improvement, tuning, applications, infrastructure developments, process controls, and upgrades of data platform. Provide guidance, hands-on development, and operational support for deployment of database scripts and changes across multiple environments. Collaborate with technical teams and business owners as needed during design and implementation. Debug and fix production report failures to ensure seamless report delivery. Assist with performing data analysis, data cleansing, and data wrangling from various data sources. Design and develop reports, and perform testing and data validation, data analysis, and data quality checks. Optimize existing reports and address long running queries to deliver reports on time. Provide solutions/inputs to improve quality of deliverables and implement processes to improve efficiency. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and implement effective solutions. Follow best data engineering practices, including performing analysis, requirement specification, design, development, testing, and implementation. Deliver assigned tasks and/or specific tracks of the solution on time, escalating issues when appropriate, and mentor junior team members, including performing code reviews, conducting workshops, and reviewing documentation.

Requirements: Requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field plus five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or in a related position performing object-oriented programming, design, and software development. Must have experience with the following: designing, developing, and maintaining data integration/ETL data pipelines from various data sources and data formats; implementing and applying knowledge of data quality best practices and data governance principles; implementing, managing, supporting, and developing with AWS database and cloud technologies; using development languages and technologies, including Git (Bitbucket or GitHub), Jira, and Postman; working with DynamoDB, dbt (SQL), and Python; applying Table Partitioning skills and conducting SQL tuning using Tk-prof profiler; working with Oracle Advanced Queues, Shell Scripting, NoSQL, and JSON Structures; and working with ETL/BI tools experience such as Alteryx and Tableau.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $154,669 to $169,000/yr, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

To apply, please submit resume through careers.moodys.com or via e-mail at [email protected]. Please refer to Job Ref. 10708.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $154,669 - $169,000/year, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email [email protected]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

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Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee’s tenure with Moody’s.