The Buyside Services Engineering team drives the evolution of workflow and process monitoring tools that are critical to FactSet's managed and co-sourced operating model offerings.
Our products provide
End-to-end transparency from client data integration to processed data consumption
Data validation and accuracy assurance at every stage of transformation and enrichment
Presentation-ready outputs for performance, risk, and reporting operations
Managed Services capabilities that shift the burden of data and process management from clients to FactSet's domain experts
Through continuous innovation and dedicated expertise, we empower clients to focus on their core competencies while we ensure the integrity, timeliness, and quality of their analytical operations.
What You'll Do
Design and develop complex features, enhancements, and technical solutions across our applications
Own development activities from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support
Collaborate with Product Development to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and maintainable technical solutions
Contribute actively to technical design discussions and evaluate solutions for performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability
Identify opportunities to improve application performance, stability, scalability, and technical health
Diagnose and resolve complex production issues, identifying patterns and opportunities for preventative improvements
Break down larger technical requirements into well-defined development tasks and deliverables
Work with the Product Development team to prioritize and resolve production and development issues
Champion engineering best practices through code reviews, automated testing, documentation, and thoughtful technical design
Share technical knowledge and provide guidance to less-experienced engineers through code reviews, troubleshooting, and day-to-day collaboration
What We're Looking For
3–5 years of hands-on software engineering industry experience
Strong Python proficiency with a demonstrated track record of building production-grade, client-facing systems
Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles, software design patterns, and maintainable application architecture
Proven experience designing and building RESTful APIs and backend services
Strong JavaScript/TypeScript experience with the ability to build and maintain modern web applications
Experience with JavaScript-based frontend frameworks such as Vue.js, Angular, or React
Hands-on experience with frontend and backend testing frameworks such as Jasmine, Karma, Puppeteer, pytest, and unittest
Strong database design skills with hands-on PostgreSQL experience, including schema design, query optimization, indexing strategies, and relational data models at scale
Experience working with large datasets using Polars or equivalent dataframe libraries
Experience implementing caching strategies for query results and metadata
Experience with service-oriented architectures and developing applications composed of multiple interconnected services
Ability to troubleshoot complex application and production issues across multiple components
Experience independently delivering complex technical work while collaborating effectively with Product and Engineering partners
B.Tech / M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent educational background
Good to have
Practical experience with AWS services including SQS, Lambda, and ECS
Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
Understanding of failure handling and resiliency across service boundaries
Experience designing parallel or asynchronous workflows to improve throughput and resource utilization
Experience working with large-scale data systems and balancing latency, throughput, and cost
Understanding of multi-tier architectures and orchestration across multiple backend systems
Experience with rate limiting, throttling, and client quota management
Experience with D3.js and interactive data visualization
Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j and graph-based data modelling.
What's In It For You
At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means:
The opportunity to join an S&P 500 company with over 45 years of sustainable growth powered by the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up.
Support for your total well-being. This includes health, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and a discounted employee stock purchase program, plus paid time off for holidays, family leave, and company-wide wellness days.
Flexible work accommodations. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives.
A global community dedicated to volunteerism and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions.
Career progression planning with dedicated time each month for learning and development.
Business Resource Groups open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging.
Learn more about our benefits here.
Company Overview
FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.
