Head of Engineering - Inbound Data

About S&P Global S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive economically in a rapidly changing global landscape.   From helping our customers assess new investments across the capital and commodities markets to guiding them through the energy expansion, acceleration of artificial intelligence, and evolution of public and private markets, we enable the world's leading organizations to unlock opportunities, solve challenges, and plan for tomorrow – today. Learn more at www.spglobal.com. Recruitment Fraud Alert: If you receive an email from a https://www.linkedin.com/redir/suspicious-page?url=spglobalind%2ecom domain or any other regionally based domains, it is a scam and should be reported to reportfraud@spglobal.com. S&P Global never requires any candidate to pay money for job applications, interviews, offer letters, “pre-employment training” or for equipment/delivery of equipment. Stay informed and protect yourself from recruitment fraud by reviewing our guidelines, fraudulent domains, and how to report suspicious activity here: https://www.spglobal.com/content/dam/spglobal/corporate/en/documents/careers/Corp_0525-Recruitment-Fraud-Alert.pdf

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10,001+ employees

Financial Services

New York, NY

Public Company

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Raised $1.8B

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• Lead and scale a world-class engineering organization of 100+ data engineers,
• ML engineers, and platform developers, including managing managers and
• Staff/Principal-level engineers while driving hiring, retention, and talent
• development strategies
• Provide strategic technical direction for enterprise-scale lakehouse
• architecture using tools such as Databricks Data Intelligence Platform (Unity
• Catalog, Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Mosaic AI) and AWS cloud services,
• ensuring highly performant, cost-effective, and interoperable data
• foundations
• Drive the organization's transition to production-grade autonomous AI
• systems, leveraging tools such as Databricks AI stack including MLflow,
• Feature Store, Vector Search, and Model Serving to deliver measurable
• business value beyond proof-of-concept implementations
• Establish rigorous engineering standards and operational excellence practices
• including SLOs, error budgets, incident management, and
• infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform and Databricks Asset
• Bundles for reliable platform delivery
• Oversee enterprise semantic modeling and RAG architecture strategies,
• ensuring AI systems are grounded in Unity Catalog-governed data assets with
• proper access controls, lineage tracking, and auditability to prevent
• hallucinations
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture rooted in psychological safety,
• continuous learning, and rapid experimentation while partnering with Product,
• FinOps, and executive leadership to translate business goals into actionable
• technical roadmaps
• 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.

Required

• 15+ years of engineering experience with 5+ years directly managing and
• scaling large engineering teams at Director or Head of Engineering level,
• including experience managing managers and guiding Staff/Principal-level
• individual contributors through organizational transformation
• Deep expertise in tools such as Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
• including Unity Catalog, Delta Lake internals, Delta Live Tables, Databricks
• Workflows, MLflow, and Mosaic AI, with ability to engage in technical
• discussions and provide strategic guidance on complex platform trade-offs
• Extensive experience architecting enterprise-scale data platforms on AWS
• including services such as Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, AWS Lake
• Formation, with strong understanding of multi-region deployment strategies
• and security patterns (IAM, VPC, KMS)
• Proven technical depth in tools such as Apache Iceberg internals, schema
• evolution, and cross-platform table strategies, combined with hands-on
• experience in autonomous AI agent deployment and RAG pipeline architecture
• for production environments
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale engineering organizations from 20+ to
• 100+ engineers while establishing rigorous engineering standards, agile
• delivery practices, and operational SLAs for complex data and AI products
• Strong leadership and communication skills with experience translating
• complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and influencing
• executive decision-making through data-driven recommendations and ROI
• analysis

Preferred

• AWS and/or Databricks certifications with experience partnering with FinOps
• and cloud platform teams to optimize cloud consumption, performance, and
• platform ROI across multi-cloud data platform strategies
• Experience with semantic modeling, knowledge graphs, and enterprise data
• governance frameworks including metadata management and secure data sharing
• patterns at enterprise scale
• Background in LLMOps, model evaluation, and prompt orchestration with
• familiarity integrating AWS AI/ML services such as Amazon SageMaker and
• Amazon Bedrock into broader enterprise AI platform strategies
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CI/CD
• pipelines, and deployment automation including Databricks Asset Bundles for
• repeatable, auditable platform delivery across distributed cloud environments
• At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions
• backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing
• transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to
• make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for
• index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market
• indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More
• assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index
• provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets
• linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our
• solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance,
• evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies.
• S&P Dow Jones Indices 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. For more
• information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji [http://www.spglobal.com/spdji].

• (This section is only applicable to US candidates) S&P Global states that
• the anticipated base salary range for this position is $185,000 to
• $265,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s
• geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set,
• training, licenses and certifications.
• In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive
• plan. This role is not eligible for additional compensation such as an annual
• incentive bonus or sales commission plan. This role is eligible to
• receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we
• provide to our employees, please click here
• 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.
• 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.
• https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries
• 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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• appropriate person.