Principal Software Engineer

Since 1984, Morningstar’s been helping investors achieve their goals by developing powerful research, data, and investment management products. Today, we continue this mission in 27 countries and help millions of investors. And we’re just getting started.

Morningstar is a unique place. We put investors first. We’re ethical. We reward ideas and results over posturing. We’re long-term focused. We’re thrifty, not lavish. We encourage maturity over petty politics.

We’re looking for an exceptional Principal Software Engineer to join our growing product development team in Mumbai. This is a high‑impact, technical‑leadership role that shapes the architecture of investor‑facing platforms used across Australia, influences engineering standards, and accelerates our transition to modern cloud‑native systems.

If you’re ready for a role that combines deep technical design, hands‑on engineering, and the opportunity to mentor and elevate others—this is a powerful next step in your career. Read more about Morningstar’s culture, values and history here—it’s an amazing story.

What You’ll Do

As a Principal Software Engineer at Morningstar, you will:

• Own technical architecture and design for key product domains, making high‑quality decisions that balance scalability, performance, security, and long‑term maintainability.
• Lead the modernisation of legacy Java and C# systems, redesigning them into cloud‑native, API‑driven platforms using contemporary frameworks and engineering best practices.
• Build performant, secure, and elegant APIs using Node.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and senior engineers to define solution approaches, technical roadmaps, and execution plans.
• Use advanced AI‑powered development tools to improve engineering quality and delivery velocity.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid‑level engineers, helping grow the next generation of technical leaders.
• Establish and uphold high engineering standards through code reviews, architectural reviews, and technical direction.
• Contribute to team‑level and organisation‑level engineering practices, DevOps improvements, and cloud adoption patterns.
• Play a meaningful role in Morningstar’s mission of “Building Software Users Love.”

What We’re Looking For

You bring deep technical expertise, sound judgment, and strong leadership instincts. Specifically, you’ll have:

• 8+ years of professional experience building high‑quality web applications using modern engineering practices.
• 3+ years of experience designing or leading the development of cloud‑native applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Advanced proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern API‑driven system design.
• Expertise working with both relational and non‑relational databases, including designing scalable data access patterns.
• A proven track record of making thoughtful architectural decisions and guiding teams through ambiguity.
• Strength in mentoring, coaching, and upskilling engineers across multiple seniority levels.
• A passion for building user‑centric products and solving complex technical problems in elegant ways.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate trade-offs, influence stakeholders, and guide technical discussions.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum or Kanban delivery practices.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)

These aren’t required, but they’ll help you stand out:

• Experience with Git, Jenkins, JIRA, Vue.js, Java, or .NET.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch and container platforms.
• Background in financial services or fintech.

Why Morningstar?

At Morningstar, you’ll join a company that:

• Encourages curiosity, autonomy, and craftsmanship.
• Invests in your growth through global learning programs, modern engineering tools, and opportunities to take on meaningful responsibility.
• Offers a collaborative, low‑ego culture built on trust and transparency.
• Builds products that genuinely help people make better financial decisions.
• Celebrates diversity and respects every voice—Morningstar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you want to make a real impact on investors’ financial lives while growing your career in a supportive, mission‑driven environment, we’d love to hear from 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.