Associate Software Engineer

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

Skills and Competencies

• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle, application deployment processes, and release management concepts
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with attention to detail
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate across technical and business teams in a global environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn new technologies and processes
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaboration tools
• Exposure to release management, change management, DevOps, or project coordination is preferred
• Basic understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, with curiosity and enthusiasm for learning how AI tools can be used to improve processes and drive efficiency. Interest in exploring AI systems and a willingness to develop awareness of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Information Systems, or a related discipline

Responsibilities

Support the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of technology releases across Moody’s applications and platforms.

• Coordinate and track application and infrastructure releases across development, testing, and production environments
• Maintain release schedules, deployment calendars, checklists, and supporting documentation
• Partner with engineering, QA, infrastructure, security, and product teams to confirm release readiness
• Ensure change requests, approvals, implementation plans, and rollback procedures are complete and accurate
• Communicate release status, dependencies, risks, and issues to stakeholders
• Support deployment activities, validation testing, release closure, and audit documentation
• Track release metrics and contribute to process improvements, standardization, and automation initiatives
• Assist with technology governance, change management, and continuous improvement activities

About the Team

The Technology Operations team helps ensure the reliable, secure, and efficient delivery of technology changes across Moody’s applications and platforms. Working closely with engineering, infrastructure, information security, quality assurance, and product teams, the group focuses on release coordination, operational excellence, risk management, and continuous improvement of software delivery processes.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.