FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.
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Your Team's Impact
FMA Lead Software Engineer, Data Solutions Engineering
FactSet Market Aggregates is looking for a talented senior engineer to join our team and help us continue developing the product and achieve our strategic goals. FMA is a content provider of index/benchmark level financial data. We run aggregates and analytics on security constituents collected from various FactSet sources like benchmarks, pricing, estimates, and fundamentals. We also maintain client-facing databases for most of our content, accessed via traditional means such as FQL and Screening.
We're seeking a Lead Software Engineer who can lead the team technically, is passionate about learning new technologies, and can guide us as we transition to scale our cloud infrastructure for better timeliness and cost efficiency while building new products and features.
What You'll Do
Provide technical leadership in collaboration with product teams to build, implement, and execute projects and their respective roadmaps.
Take up on-call responsibilities within the team.
Design, develop, and deploy new features/products to clients.
Proactive in providing technical solutions with effective communication & collaboration skills.
Perform Code Reviews and ensure best practices are followed.
Work in an agile team environment and collaborate with internal teams to ensure smooth product delivery.
Improve existing processes and reduce technical debt.
Develop high-performing solutions to enhance the overall client experience.
Take ownership of projects and work on bug fixes and enhancements.
Effectively communicate with stakeholders on project scope and timelines.
What We're Looking For
Required skills
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science
Minimum 5-8 years of overall experience in Software Engineering/Data Engineering
3+ years of people management experience
Hands-on experience with Python (every new implementation is in Python)
Practical knowledge of working with Advanced SQL — window functions, CTEs, joins on composite grain, execution plans(as all the transformations(ETL), business logic are implemented in SQL). Also, SQL query optimization.
Experience with ETL(extract transform & load) pipeline & data warehouse design
Experience with PySpark (Spark SQL)
Familiarity with AWS - Redshift, EMR Serverless, S3, IAM
Analytical skills & Debugging/tracing ability Analytical/debugging
Desired skills
Familiarity with Perl
Familiarity with C++
Experience in Databricks
Knowledge/experience with System design
Knowledge/experience with Pandas and Lambda
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
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.
FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for tens of thousands of investment professionals around the world, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.
For 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 60 offices in 23 countries, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients, and we’re proud that 95% of asset managers who use FactSet continue to use FactSet, year after year.
As big as we grow, as far as we reach, and as successful as we become, we stay connected to our clients and to each other.
