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 prospect 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 modern apps (networking, environments, security, observability, CI/CD). Ensure production readiness:



performance testing strategy, failure-mode testing, rollout/rollback procedures. 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, vulnerability scanning as applicable). Security, compliance, and risk management
Embed secure engineering practices (threat modelling participation, secure coding standards, dependency hygiene). Ensure appropriate handling of secrets/credentials, least-privilege access, and auditability. Identify technical risks early (data migration risk, downtime, coupling, unknown dependencies) and drive mitigation plans. Team mentorship & upskilling (explicit people mandate)
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📌 Java lead application developer (Maharashtra)
🏢 S&P Global
📍 Maharashtra