Data Engineer

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Your Team Responsibilities:
Our team is responsible for building and maintaining the Fund ESG Ratings platform, a business-critical component that powers MSCI's ESG offerings at the fund level. We manage the end-to-end lifecycle of fund-level ESG data-from ingestion, transformation, and scoring, to final delivery to internal consumers and external clients.
Key responsibilities of the team include:
Designing scalable data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, and Big Query.
Supporting regulatory-compliant ESG scoring and reporting logic.
Partnering with ESG Research and Index teams to translate methodology changes into platform features.
Ensuring data quality, platform stability, and SLA adherence.
Driving automation and modernization across the ESG data ecosystem.
Your

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain distributed data pipelines for ESG and fund-related datasets using PySpark and Databricks.
Perform complex SQL-based transformations in Big Query and manage data models that support scoring, audit, and delivery.
Analyze ESG scoring results and troubleshoot data discrepancies or platform issues.
Collaborate with stakeholders from Research, Product, and Engineering to deliver enhancements aligned with evolving ESG methodologies.
Lead the incident triage, root cause analysis, and issue resolution for data and platform anomalies.
Document workflows, scoring logic, and data flows for internal transparency and audit-readiness.
Contribute to team-wide initiatives for automation, quality monitoring, and platform scalability.
Your skills and experience that will help you excel:
Advanced proficiency in Databricks and PySpark for large-scale data processing.
Strong command over SQL, with experience in Big Query or equivalent distributed databases.
Comfort working with structured and semi-structured datasets (JSON, Parquet, etc.).
Hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining data pipelines in cloud-native environments.
Analytical and Domain Skills
Strong data analysis skills to investigate anomalies, validate scoring logic, and derive insights from ESG fund data.
Exposure to ESG concepts or financial products like mutual funds, ETFs, and indices (preferred but not mandatory).
Ability to translate business rules into technical logic and validation mechanisms.
Soft Skills and Collaboration
Problem-solving mindset with strong debugging and root cause analysis skills.
Excellent communication and documentation abilities to work across global, cross-functional teams.
Self-driven, proactive attitude with ownership of critical workflows and timelines.
About MSCI:  What we offer you
Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.
Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative work spaces.
A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.
A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.
Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, Linked In Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.
Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.
We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including 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.
At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose - to power better investment decisions. You'll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.
MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.
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