Software Engineer, Identity and Access Management

Software Engineer, Identity and Access Management

Fitch Group is currently seeking a Software Engineer based out of our Chicago office. As a leading, global financial information services provider, Fitch Group delivers vital credit and risk insights, robust data, and dynamic tools to champion more efficient, transparent financial markets. With over 100 years of experience and colleagues in over 30 countries, Fitch Group's culture of credibility, independence, and transparency is embedded throughout its structure, which includes Fitch Ratings, one of the world's top three credit ratings agencies, and Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of insights, data and analytics.

With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst. Fitch's Technology & Data Team is a dynamic department where innovation meets impact. Our team includes the Chief Data Office, Chief Software Office, Chief Technology Office, Emerging Technology, Shared Technology Services, Technology, Risk and the Executive Program Management Office (EPMO). Driven by our investment in cutting-edge technologies like AI and cloud solutions, we're home to a diverse range of roles and backgrounds united by a shared passion for leveraging modern technology to drive projects that matter to our organization and clients.

We are also proud to be recognized by Built In as a "Best Place to Work in Technology" 3 years in a row. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your career, we offer an exciting and supportive environment where you can grow, innovate, and make a difference.

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Demonstrate proficiency in full-stack technologies for enterprise-scale applications.
• Work as part of an agile team in design, development, debugging, and deployment efforts while addressing security, cross-browser and cross-platform expectations and concerns.
• Understand the importance of design best practices, provide effective translation to code artifacts and implement appropriate integration approach for API/data layer.
• Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to understand business needs, define and develop applications/ architecture, design, review, implement and optimize Engineering processes.
• Build data expertise and a deep understanding of business domain knowledge and own data quality for allocated areas of ownership.
• Maintain and enhance microservices based components for the application suite.
• Recommend, create and maintain development best practices and guidelines to be used across various applications.
• Write automated unit, integration, performance and visual regression test cases.
• Integrate test case execution with the CI/CD pipeline to better align with the Dev Sec Ops  strategy.
• Promote, implement, and evolve development best practices especially on commits, versioning and dependency management.

You May be a Good Fit if:

• 2-5 years of experience developing distributed applications with moderate-to-high complexity
• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot for backend development
• Strong hands-on experience with OAuth 2.0 and OIDC (OpenID Connect) implementations – this is a core focus area
• Practical experience with SAML/SSO implementations and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in enterprise systems
• Advanced API design and security testing skills, including OAuth flow testing
• Experience with JavaScript/Type Script and React for frontend development
• Working knowledge of AI/ML frameworks (Lang Chain, Llama Index, Auto Gen) and understanding of how Agentic AI enhances development workflows
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Git Hub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot) and their practical application in daily coding
• Working knowledge of relational databases (Oracle/PostgreSQL) and No
  
  SQL databases (MongoDB/DynamoDB) from both storage and compute perspectives
• Familiarity with RESTful API development and testing tools like Postman
• Experience with version control (Git/Git Hub) and basic CI/CD concepts
• Ability to work in Agile/Dev Sec Ops  environments with emphasis on security, automation, and quality

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Working knowledge of Spring Security framework and custom authentication/authorization configurations
• Experience with Kubernetes/EKS for container orchestration and production deployments
• Proficiency with AWS CLI and AWS services (IAM, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Git Hub Actions/Workflows and ArgoCD for implementing Git Ops practices and automated deployment pipelines
• Interest in exploring AI integration patterns, prompt engineering, and emerging frameworks like Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed system design patterns
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability tools in production environments

Why Choose Fitch:

• Hybrid Work Environment: 2 days a week in office required.
• A Culture of Learning & Mobility:
  Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous…