Lead, Quality Engineering

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

11

The Role: Quantitative Engineer / QA Lead, Microservices Transformation

The Team: Establish FRA Prototype Team & Delivery Approach

A full-scale microservices transformation of the S&P Global’s Financial Risk Analytics product, pre-AI, was expected to require a large pool of technology roles across architecture, engineering, platform, security, operations, and delivery.

For the initial FRA prototype transformation, we want to stand up a lean, generative-AI enabled transformation squad with a focused team structure sized to deliver a validated microservices foundation.

The objective is to establish an agile technology transformation group to design and deliver a commercially aligned, targeted microservices architecture for the FRA platform, prioritizing measurable business outcomes and rapid learnings.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Lead the quality assurance of transformed financial services by establishing rigorous automated testing frameworks that ensure correctness, regulatory compliance, and data integrity.
• Develop comprehensive integration, regression, and scenario testing to validate service outputs, pricing models, algorithms, and statistical results, safeguarding analytical accuracy.
• Drive regulatory compliance by ensuring auditability, supporting model governance, and embedding controls that meet financial industry standards and controls frameworks.
• Design and execute stress testing and risk scenarios to identify vulnerabilities, ensure resilience, and maintain confidence in critical financial calculations and models.
• Collaborate closely with risk, compliance, and audit teams to embed validation processes that support transparency, traceability, and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Join a transformation journey where your expertise ensures that innovative financial services are reliable, compliant, and built on a foundation of rigorous quality assurance.

What We’re Looking For:

Key qualifications for the job

• Good to have CFA/FCM qualification with a strong quantitative analysis capability
• Python / SQL
• Automated testing framework design (with experience in generative-AI development)
• Financial modelling

Key soft skills

• Attention to detail and precision — Ensuring regulatory compliance, data integrity, and model accuracy requires meticulousness and a thorough approach.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking — Ability to interpret complex financial models, identify risks, and validate outputs effectively.
• Effective communication and collaboration — Working with product, compliance, audit, and technical teams to ensure transparency, traceability, and regulatory adherence.
• Resilience and problem-solving under pressure — Handling high-stakes validation and testing scenarios, especially during audits or regulatory reviews, with calm and confidence.

Additional key qualifications for the job

• Capital markets
• Risk analytics
• Investment systems
• Model validation

Additional soft skills

• Industry acumen and contextual understanding — Deep knowledge of capital markets, risk analytics, and investment systems to interpret complex models and ensure relevance.
• Critical thinking and judgment — Ability to assess model validity, identify potential biases, and evaluate risk implications with sound judgment.
• Effective stakeholder engagement — Communicating complex validation results clearly to non-technical stakeholders, including front-office, risk managers, and regulators.
• Adaptability and continuous learning — Staying current with evolving financial regulations, market practices, and modeling techniques to ensure ongoing compliance and accuracy.

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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