The
Role:
S&P; Dow Jones Indices a global leader in providing investable and benchmark indices to the financial markets, is looking for a Lead Application Developer to join our technology team.

The Team:
You will be part of global technology team comprising of Dev, QA and BA teams and will be responsible for analysis, design, development and testing.

The Impact:
You will be working on one of the core technology platforms responsible for index calculations as well as dissemination of index values

What’s in it for you:
You will have the opportunity to work on the enhancements to the existing index calculation system as well as implement new methodologies as required

Responsibilities:

Technical leadership & delivery ownership
- Own end-to-end technical execution for modernization and migration initiatives (scope, design, implementation, quality, and delivery milestones).

AWS cloud-native implementation
- Design and guide build-out of cloud foundations required for contemporary apps (networking, environments, security, observability, CI/CD).
- Ensure production readiness:



performance testing strategy, failure-mode testing, rollout/rollback procedures.

Migration to existing AWS/Java (Spring/Hibernate) platforms
- Lead functional migration from .NET codepaths to Java-based services while maintaining correctness and availability.
- Define interoperability approach during transition (API contracts, adapters, strangler pattern, feature toggles, compatibility layers).
- Partner with platform owners to ensure migrated components comply with existing Java platform conventions and deployment pipelines.

Engineering excellence & SDLC
- Set standards for
clean code, code reviews, test automation, branching/release strategy
, and environment promotion.
- Drive test strategy across stacks: unit, contract, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests; improve automation coverage.
- Improve build/release reliability; reduce cycle time; implement guardrails (quality gates, vulnerabili

📌 Lead Application Developer (Mumbai)
🏢 S&P Global
📍 Mumbai