Senior Distinguished Engineer

S&P Global

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Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$220,000–$325,000 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Sep 25, 2027

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $207k
This role $272k
$140k most similar roles pay here $345k

This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $159,387–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $272k versus about $207k for comparable roles.

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About S&P Global

S&P Global delivers Essential Intelligence® that shapes decision making. We provide the world’s leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead.

S&P Global currently has 43 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,761–$201,133 across 38 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Distinguished Engineer

As a Sr. Distinguished Engineer within the S&P Dow Jones Indices Technology team, you will serve as a premier technical individual contributor shaping the organization's technological future. You will define and execute architecture strategies across the full technology stack, translating forward-looking insights into fundable engineering plans. Your daily work involves evaluating emerging technologies like agentic AI systems, LLM-based agents, and orchestration frameworks while establishing evaluation frameworks for risk and compliance. You will drive cross-functional collaboration with Product, Platform, and Quality Engineering teams to build reusable patterns and standards. The role requires deep expertise in software systems engineering, CI/CD pipelines, and platform development. This position addresses the challenge of maintaining market integrity and trust within a highly regulated environment where systems underpin trillions of dollars in investment decisions, requiring high-accuracy data validation and robust technology governance.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $181250 from 219 postings across 54 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define and execute the technology vision and architecture strategy across the entire S&P DJI technology stack.
  • Translate forward-looking technical insights into actionable and fundable engineering strategies.
  • Evaluate and pilot emerging technologies, specifically agentic AI systems, to guide strategic investment decisions.
  • Establish measurable outcomes and evaluation frameworks for new capabilities while ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Build engineering capability through the creation of reusable patterns, standards, and hands-on coaching.
  • Influence technical adoption across teams using personal credibility and expertise rather than formal authority.
  • Communicate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders including executives, risk committees, and engineering teams.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 10+ years of hands-on senior software engineering experience with a track record of adopting forward-leaning technologies.
  • Must possess deep expertise in agentic AI systems, including LLM-based agents, orchestration frameworks, and evaluation methodologies.
  • Must have strong foundations in architecture design, quality engineering, CI/CD pipelines, and platform development across multiple technical domains.
  • Must have experience as a senior individual contributor influencing architecture decisions and driving organizational change through expertise.
  • Must possess executive-level communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences including CTOs and risk committees.
  • Must demonstrate clear technical judgment to evaluate new technologies against existing solutions and assess risk levels.
  • Experience in financial services, market data, or other regulated domains is preferred.
  • Familiarity with data quality at scale, AI risk frameworks, or model risk management is preferred.

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