Full Stack Software Engineer (Java+ React)

S&P Global, Inc.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial analytics company in London is looking for a Senior Developer to design and enhance the Commercial Desktop platform. Candidates should have strong Java skills, experience with Spring Boot, and a passion for solving complex problems. This role involves collaboration across teams and opportunities for continuous learning. The company offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Generous time off

Access to learning resources

Competitive pay and retirement planning

Family-friendly perks

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years of full-time work experience in technology.
• Hands-on experience in design and development of complex projects.
• Strong skills in developing concurrent and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Complete SDLC: architecture, design, development, and support of tech solutions.
• Participate in all scrum ceremonies following SAFe/AGILE best practices.
• Collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

SQL

DevOps

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 09

The Location: London, United Kingdom

S&P Global Ratings is looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and skilled senior developer to join the Commercial Desktop team within Commercial Engineering, a team of technology professionals who define and execute the strategic roadmap for S&P Global Ratings Commercial team. The successful candidate will participate in the design and development of the Commercial Desktop platform to help improve commercial workflows and overall productivity.

The Team: Join the Rating Organization’s Commercial Desktop Engineering Team, known for its expertise in commercial workflows and various technology stacks. This team values knowledge sharing, collaboration, and a unified strategy to build S&P Ratings\' Commercial Desktop platform. Members provide leadership, innovation, and articulate business value, contributing to a unique opportunity to evolve the platform.

Responsibilities:

• Complete SDLC: architecture, design, development, and support of tech solutions
• Active participation in all scrum ceremonies, follow SAFe/AGILE best practices effectively
• Play a key role in the development team to build high-quality, high-performance, scalable code
• Produce technical design documents and conduct technical walkthroughs
• Document and demonstrate solutions using technical design docs, diagrams, and stubbed code
• Collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Respond to and resolve production issues

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 2+ years of full-time work experience in Technology (application development and production support)
• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying critical and complex projects
• Strong Java skills with experience in development of concurrent and distributed systems
• Experience with Spring-based technologies (Spring Boot etc.)
• Experience in designing and implementing REST APIs & microservices-based solutions
• Should have experience writing unit/integration tests
• Experience writing SQL queries and good understanding of data model
• Experience in DevOps development and deployment using container platforms
• Passionate, smart, and articulate developer
• Excellent analytical thinking, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Good work ethic, self-starter, and results-oriented

About S&P Global Ratings

At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose: Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world. Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People: We’re more than 35,000 strong worldwide—driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all. 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.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Benefits:

• 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 resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Competitive pay, retirement planning, continuing education with company-matched student loan contributions, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: Perks for partners and children with strong benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: Perks from retail discounts to referral incentives.

For more information on benefits by country, visit the Benefits site.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to [e-mail]. Your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster poster information can be found on the official government sites.