Company Description
Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in data, analysis and consulting across the energy, chemicals, metals, mining, power and renewables sectors.
Founded in 1973, our success has always been underpinned by the simple principle of providing trusted research and advice that makes a difference to our customers. Today we have over 2,000 customers ranging from the largest global energy companies and financial institutions to governments as well as smaller market specialists.
Our teams are located around the world. This enables us to stay closely connected with customers and the markets and sectors we cover. Collectively this allows us to offer a compelling combination of global commodity analysis with detailed local market knowledge.
We are committed to supporting our people to grow and thrive. We value different perspectives and aspire to create an inclusive environment that encourages diversity and fosters a sense of belonging. We are committed to creating a workplace that works for you and encourage everyone to get involved in our Wellness, Diversity and Inclusion, and Community Engagement initiatives. We actively support flexible working and are happy to consider alternative work patterns, taking into account your needs and the needs of the team or division that you are looking to join.
Hear what our team has to say about working with us:
https://www.woodmac.com/careers/our-people/
We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies!
At the heart of what we do is help clients manage risk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) provides data and insights to our customers in insurance, energy and the financial services markets so they can make faster and more informed decisions.
Our global team uses AI, machine learning, automation, and other emerging technologies to collect and analyze billions of records. We provide advanced decision-support to prevent credit, lending, and cyber risks. In addition, we monitor and advise companies on complex global matters such as climate change, catastrophes, and geopolitical issues.
But why we do our work is what sets us apart. It stems from a commitment to making the world better, safer and stronger.
It’s the reason Verisk is part of the UN Global Compact sustainability initiative. It’s why we made a commitment to balancing 100 percent of our carbon emissions. It’s the aim of our “returnship” program for experienced professionals rejoining the workforce after time away. And, it’s what drives our annual Innovation Day, where we identify our next first-to-market innovations to solve our customers’ problems.
At its core, Verisk uses data to minimize risk and maximize value. But far bigger, is why we do what we do.
At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the fourth consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce. Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.
Job Description
We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our Data Platform group. You'll work with the teams responsible for the systems that power data throughout our products, and the infrastructure that supports them. You’ll ensure that those services are maintainable and continue to technically evolve to meet our customers' needs.
As well as working on our internal data platform you’ll collaborate with the third parties we partner with to ensure the technical success of those projects and ensure they are aligned to our requirements.
Main Responsibilities
- Design and develop software applications supporting business objectives
- Maintain, enhance, and support existing applications
- Analyze and debug applications in development and production environments and resolve production issues within the accepted timeframes
- Lead design and architecture meetings
- Serve as a liaison to internal customers, research groups, and various business support areas
- Participate in code reviews
- Write technical documentation and release notes for the applications
- Provide technical guidance to junior programmers and other software engineers
Our Tech Stack
We use a wide variety of tools and technologies across our products, and no-one is expected to have deep experience of all of them.
Here’s an idea of what you might typically encounter:
- Our services are deployed to AWS, typically using Lambda, ECS and Kubernetes with CloudFormation and CDK for infrastructure configuration
- Our web products are developed using TypeScript, React, Redux, and Apollo
- We have a shared component library implementing our design system
- We implement GraphQL and RESTful APIs using NodeJS and NestJS
- Our backend services are implemented in C#, Typescript or .NET
- We run our ETL data pipelines using Python
- Redshift, DynamoDB, Postgres, Elasticsearch, and S3 are our go to data stores
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Qualifications
Ideally, you’ll:
- Be a technical leader who can work across multiple teams to solve complex technical problems
- Have expert-level experience building web-based applications, supporting micro-services and deploying them in a cloud environment
- Have technical experience of complex projects and be able to act as a technical authority
- Have effective communication and collaboration skills, and an ability to scale engineering initiatives
- Be able to work with our technical leadership teams to inform the technical evolution of our applications and the platform it resides on
- Have expert level understanding of modern software engineering, from test automation to architectural principles
- Understand what it takes to develop resilient, scalable and secure software
- Recognise that people build software and working with others is key to success
Additional Information
Wood Mackenzie is a place where we are committed to supporting our people to grow and thrive. We value different perspectives and aspire to create an inclusive environment which encourages diversity and fosters a sense of belonging.
Wood Mackenzie values everyone’s contribution and helps them reach their full potential while sustaining an organisational culture of health and well-being.
Our core values are:
- Respect for the Individual
- Integrity
- Passion
- Persistence
- Confidence with humility
- Excellence
- Teamwork
We understand the importance of bringing your whole self to work and to achieving balance between work, family and other life commitments. We are open to considering flexible working arrangements to enable the greatest spectrum of talent to contribute to Wood Mackenzie's success.
Hear what our team has to say about working with us: https://www.woodmac.com/careers/our-people
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