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. 

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

In Third Party Risk & Compliance Technology, we build industry disrupting, award winning technology solutions that allow our customers to analyze, identify and prevent financial crime. Our flagship Risk & Compliance Platform brings together the latest in advanced workflow technology, award-wining data, and industry expertise to automate the most complex compliance workflows - making each aspect more efficient and effective. Our diverse team is comprised of industry subject matter experts, highly skilled multi-function engineers, designers, researchers, strategists and sales partners.

We are seeking a lead full-stack developer with strong back-end knowledge and experience building innovative and highly performant applications to help deliver new, market disrupting risk & compliance capabilities to market. The successful candidate will have a strong background and proven track record of delivering highly scalable, always available, secure, fault tolerant and cost-effective software and services from ideation to deployment.

What you’ll do:

• Act as a technical lead for a team of full stack software engineers with solid experience and a proven track record of delivering game changing, industry disrupting products to market, to create new solutions that help meet regulatory needs for our customers.
• Collaborate closely with the product team as well as a highly skilled group of QA & Data engineers, data scientists, UX designers and user researchers to mold your solutions into highly performant, awe-inspiring experiences that help analyze, identify and prevent financial crime across the globe
• Utilize programming languages like JavaScript, Typescript, Python and Rust along with relational databases and big data stores such as Databricks to build cutting edge applications that change the game for our customers and keep them one step ahead of the adversary
• Share your passion for technology by staying on top of industry trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities and mentoring your team members to grow them in to the next generation of technology leaders.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent military or professional experience
• At least 3 years of practical experience in software engineering (with an advanced degree)
• 3+ years of experience with Javascript and Typescript
• 2+ years of experience with React
• 2+ years of experience with NodeJS
• 1+ years of experience with Kubernetes or Docker
• 1+ years of experience with cloud computing on AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure or another major cloud service provider

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• 6+ years experience with Javascript and NodeJS
• 3+ years of experience with React
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure or another major cloud service provider
• 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes or Docker or alternatively a valid CKAD certification
• 2+ years experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or SQL Server
• 2+ years experience designing and developing production-quality RESTful APIs and microservices
• 2+ years experience with Databricks
• 2+ years of experience with Terraform
• 2+ years experience in Python or Rust
• 1+ years experience developing GraphQL APIs
• 1+ years experience in Agile practices
  

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is [[$134,800 - [[$195,550, 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, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, 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 accommodations@moodys.com. 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.