Managing Director, Engineering Fellow

An executive-level technical leadership role at MSCI, reporting to the Chief Technology Officer. This position blends high-level business strategy with hands-on technical governance to deliver highly scalable, secure, and AI-native financial platforms used by clients globally.

Responsibilities

• Technology Strategy & Architecture
  • Architectural Blueprinting: Define and drive the long-term, durable technical architecture for all Product and Business lines at MSCI.
  • AI-Native Transformation: Spearhead the integration of advanced technologies like Generative AI and machine learning directly into core products and client experiences.
  • Cloud & Platform Evolution: Oversee the migration, scaling, and cost optimization of high-availability cloud-native solutions.
  • Technical Governance: Establish design systems, guardrails, and quality frameworks to evaluate solution designs, identify capability gaps, and manage architectural risks.
• Engineering & Operational Excellence
  • Developer Velocity: Champion Agentic Engineering, infrastructure improvements, and developer tools that eliminate engineering friction, fostering “speed as a habit” across global teams.
  • Resiliency & Scalability: Ensure zero-downtime, sub-second latency, and robust disaster recovery capabilities for critical products.
  • Data Privacy & Compliance: Work closely with security teams to ensure systems are fully compliant with global regulations and data privacy laws.
• Leadership & Talent Management
  • Talent Stewardship: Act as a primary mentor and coach for the organization’s highest technical talent, including Distinguished Engineers, Principal Engineers, and Enterprise Architects.
  • Boundaryless Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional executive stakeholders—including Product Management, Experience Design (XD), and Data Science—to align technology investments with business growth targets.
  • M&A Integration: Drive technical due diligence and lead the architectural integration of acquired platforms and third-party independent software vendor (ISV) ecosystems into MSCI Product lines.

Requirements

• Experience: 15+ years of software product development experience with a strong track record of delivering enterprise-grade platforms at scale.
• Leadership: 3–5+ years in an executive-level leadership role managing and coaching globally distributed engineering and architecture teams.
• Technical Expertise: Deep expertise across the entire full-stack software development lifecycle—specifically cloud infrastructure, distributed data stores, transactional APIs, financial security compliance, and AI/ML data frameworks.
• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an equivalent technical field (an MBA or relevant advanced engineering degree is highly preferred).
• Domain Expertise: Knowledge of Financial Services is preferred.

Benefits

• Salary range: $375,000 - $475,000 / year, plus eligibility for annual bonus.
• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.
• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.
• A culture of high performance and innovation where experimentation and responsibility are encouraged.
• Global Orientation program and access to Learning@MSCI, AI Learning Center, LinkedIn Learning Pro, and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.
• Multi-directional career paths offering professional growth through new challenges, internal mobility, and expanded roles.
• Inclusive environment with eight Employee Resource Groups: All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with research-based data, analytics, and indexes, supported by advanced technology. The firm serves asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers, and corporates.