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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This role sits within the Compute Platform Engineering team in PIE, providing the core compute services backing FactSet.dev, FactSet’s internal developer platform (IDP). FactSet.io and Kubernetes are FactSet’s primary containerized compute platforms, running thousands of apps with large-scale clustered compute resources in FactSet data centers and cloud hyperscalers.
We are looking for a Compute Platform Ops Lead to build and lead a team focused on keeping the running compute platforms in peak condition and ensuring platform users are well supported. You will manage a team of Compute Platform Ops Engineers to provide first-tier support, review and implement component upgrades and make improvements to reduce our operational burdens and optimize incident response.
The position and team will be based in Hyderabad, India.
What You'll Do
Team leadership and management
Responding to support requests via chat or tickets
Planning, testing and executing upgrades and improvements
Improving platform documentation
Automating common administrative tasks
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent professional experience
5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
Strong proficiency in Kubernetes
The keys skills required are Team management, Technical leadership, Customer support, Incident management, Change management, Release management, Containers
Additional valuable skills: Systems administration, Software engineering,
Terraform / OpenTofu, AWS, GCP, Crossplane, MCP, AI tools
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
- Strong proficiency in Kubernetes
- Team management
- Technical leadership
- Customer support (responding to support requests via chat or tickets)
- Incident management
- Change management
- Release management
- Containers
- Systems administration
- Terraform / OpenTofu
- AWS
- GCP
- Crossplane
- MCP
- AI tools
Factset Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Factset and has not been reviewed or approved by Factset.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental/vision in some descriptions, and life and disability insurance. Company-wide wellness days and region-specific add-ons (e.g., Vitality PMI, Bupa dental, Health Shield cashback) further reinforce a strong health-and-wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings support is consistently included as part of the core package through retirement savings plans. The presence of these programs is framed as a meaningful component of total rewards beyond base salary.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase program is highlighted as a standard part of the total rewards package. This provides a pathway to share ownership alongside cash compensation.
Factset Insights
What We Do
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.
