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

• Passion for building AI-powered products on the frontier of agent development
• Pride in building reliable, maintainable systems
• Hands-on experience with utilizing coding agents, such as Cursor, Claude Code, in software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong Python skills required
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker), CI/CD and cloud platforms required
• Exposure to Go or TypeScript is a plus
• Eagerness to learn MLOps practices and modern AI infrastructure
• Experience with Databricks, Kubernetes, or infrastructure-as-code preferred
• Exposure to LLM applications or agent frameworks preferred
• Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts, with hands-on experience using tools like Copilot and ChatGPT to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency
• Proven ability to implement AI-powered solutions, including agentic AI systems, to solve business challenges.
• Demonstrates a growing awareness of AI risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use.

Education 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain ML infrastructure that powers AI agents and models in production
• Develop reliable data pipelines and model serving systems using cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)
• Containerize and deploy ML applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Collaborate with Data Scientists to integrate models into production systems
• Monitor system health, troubleshoot issues, and ensure reliability

About the team

The Compliance & 3rd-Party Risk unit at Moody's builds AI-powered solutions for KYC, Supply Chain, and Trade Credit risk management. We're seeking an ML Engineer to join our Data & AI team building the next generation of agent-based systems and ML infrastructure.

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.