Associate Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and operation of data acquisition and extraction pipelines that ingest and process unstructured data from public and regulatory sources
• Implement enhancements to Python- or Java-based workflows following established design patterns and best practices
• Assist in building and maintaining pipelines that transform unstructured documents into validated, structured datasets
• Collaborate with data engineering, enrichment, and machine learning teams to integrate tagging, classification, and metadata enrichment outputs
• Participate in a bi-weekly delivery cadence to ship incremental improvements, new data sources, or reliability fixes
• Learn and apply production engineering practices, including testing, monitoring, logging, and basic incident response
• Contribute to AI- or LLM-assisted parsing and extraction workflows by implementing prompts and supporting components

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong foundations in software engineering with Python and at least one additional language (Java, C#, Go, C++, or Rust)
• Introductory experience working with data processing and unstructured data formats such as HTML, PDF, and XML
• Familiarity with web technologies, APIs, basic scraping approaches, or ETL concepts
• Understanding of CI/CD fundamentals, version control using Git, and automated testing practices
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and an understanding of containerization concepts

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and containerization
• Basic awareness of AI, machine learning, or large language model (LLM) concepts
• Interest in applying AI-enabled tools to improve data quality and engineering workflows

About the Company

Moody's is a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment. We are transforming how the world sees risk by advancing AI to move from insight to action, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.