Lead a high-performing engineering team while driving technical strategy, fostering innovation, and enhancing collaboration to deliver exceptional financial software solutions.
Empower Investors. Inspire Engineers. Lead the Future of Fintech.
We're on a mission to help investors achieve their financial goals - and we believe great software is at the heart of that journey. As our Associate Director of Software Engineering, you'll lead a team of 50+ talented engineers, shaping the technology that powers our fintech platform and building a culture where innovation, excellence, and purpose thrive.
This is your opportunity to drive strategic impact and cultivate a high-performance engineering culture that delivers real value to thousands of investors.
What You'll Do
Lead a High-Performing Engineering Organization
Drive Technical Strategy and Execution
Accelerate Innovation
Collaborate to Deliver Impact
What You Bring
Core Competencies
Skills
Qualifications
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.
If you receive and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
I10_MstarIndiaPvtLtd Morningstar India Private Ltd. (Delhi) Legal Entity
We're on a mission to help investors achieve their financial goals - and we believe great software is at the heart of that journey. As our Associate Director of Software Engineering, you'll lead a team of 50+ talented engineers, shaping the technology that powers our fintech platform and building a culture where innovation, excellence, and purpose thrive.
This is your opportunity to drive strategic impact and cultivate a high-performance engineering culture that delivers real value to thousands of investors.
What You'll Do
Lead a High-Performing Engineering Organization
- Build and scale a world-class engineering team with a strong sense of purpose and accountability.
- Foster a culture of trust, continuous improvement, and technical mastery.
- Coach and develop engineering leaders and individual contributors to reach their full potential.
Drive Technical Strategy and Execution
- Define and evolve the technical roadmap to support our fintech platform's growth and resilience.
- Guide architectural decisions and ensure delivery of secure, scalable, and investor-centric solutions.
- Champion engineering excellence through modern practices like CI/CD, DevOps, and agile delivery.
Accelerate Innovation
- Launch and lead innovation initiatives that push the boundaries of what's possible in fintech.
- Encourage experimentation, rapid prototyping, and data-driven decision-making.
- Enhance investor outcomes by delivering AI based tools and experiences.
Collaborate to Deliver Impact
- Partner with product, design, and business teams to align on priorities and deliver exceptional user experiences.
- Communicate strategy, progress, and challenges clearly across all levels of the organization.
- Break down silos and build strong cross-functional relationships.
What You Bring
Core Competencies
- Coordination: You align teams and stakeholders with clarity and purpose.
- Effectiveness: You deliver high-quality software at scale, with a deep understanding of engineering methodology.
- Impact: You build systems that are not only technically sound but also deeply aligned with business and customer needs.
- Technical Expertise: You bring deep technical knowledge and a passion for mentoring and growing others.
Skills
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in high-growth environments.
- Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, microservices, and modern development frameworks.
- Strong track record of delivering complex, high-impact software products, ideally in fintech or adjacent industries.
- Exceptional communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills, as well as a passion for building inclusive, high-performing teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
- Demonstrated success in scaling engineering organizations and driving strategic initiatives.
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.
If you receive and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
I10_MstarIndiaPvtLtd Morningstar India Private Ltd. (Delhi) Legal Entity
Top Skills
Ci/Cd
Cloud-Native Architectures
DevOps
Microservices
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