At Morningstar, helping investors is what brings us together and drives our work. We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong ownership and leadership. This role is critical in driving high-quality, scalable solutions, while leading a squad to deliver business impact with speed, clarity, and accountability.
You will operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and execution—owning delivery end-to-end, mentoring engineers, and ensuring we build the right solutions the right way. This role is pivotal in helping us scale our platform, improve engineering quality, and deliver business value faster. You will directly influence how we build, ship, and operate software—while shaping the next generation of engineers.
This position is based in our Mumbai office.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Excellence
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Enforce and evolve best engineering practices:
- Clean, maintainable, and testable code
- Strong code reviews (PR ownership and guardrails)
- CI/CD, automation, and observability
- Performance, scalability, and security best practices
- Experience with event-driven architecture
- Exposure to AI-assisted development workflows
- Prior experience working in high-scale, client-facing platforms
Technical Leadership & Delivery
- Lead end-to-end design and delivery of scalable, high-performance applications
- Lead development and maintenance of both live production systems and legacy applications, ensuring stability while progressively modernizing the platform
- Balance business continuity with technical evolution, reducing technical debt without impacting client delivery
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- Strong grasp of system design, scalability, and distributed systems
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and monitoring tools
- Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability—you don’t wait, you drive
- Ability to balance speed with quality—both are non-negotiable
- Clear, structured thinking and communication
- Bias for action with data-driven decision making
- Ability to operate in ambiguity and bring clarity
- Commitment to continuous learning and improving the team around you
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.
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