Role/Department Description:
FactSet's product suite of smart analytics and unique data empower the world's leading financial service professionals to make more informed decisions every day. At our heart is an inclusive community unified by the spirit of going above and beyond. Our philosophy is to embrace diversity, and that our best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time. We continuously look ahead to advance the future and technology of our industry, by rolling up our sleeves to solve tough problems together, and by learning from our successes, as well as our failures.
Being a software engineer at FactSet is to shape the future of investments technology. Our engineers use cutting edge technologies including machine learning, natural language processing, predictive analysis, and cloud computing to solve some of the investment community's greatest challenges - relying every step of the way on some of our most creative minds to create sleek and intuitive UIs that make our products among the industry's easiest to use.
We're looking for hard-working and out-of-the-box thinkers from all software engineering disciplines to bring new perspective and fresh ideas to our team. Engineers are aligned with specific teams where they design and implement applications for integration within the FactSet product suite and deployment to investment professionals worldwide.
Our engineers find the right balance between FactSet's flexible environment where everyone can contribute individually, yet at the same time cultivate a community where they can depend on each other for help, learning, and development.
Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 4+ years of experience in software development
• Experience programming with C++ or another OOP language (Java, C#, etc.)
• Desire to both design and implement reliable and superior software

Preferred Qualifications:

• Thorough understanding of C/C++ generic programming skills, including STL, boost
• Thorough understanding of modern web technologies like JavaScript, Angular, Vue, HTML5/CSS3, etc.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Perl and Python • Windows and Linux programming environments
• Working with and managing a large code base
• Programming in a multi-threaded, distributed environment

Responsibilities:

• 60% Develop, test and deploy software Additional features and/or content is released to solution end users
• 20% Learning & Training: Participate in training, execute on labs effectively and learn the processes and technologies used in house Proficiency with the tools, libraries and languages used in development
• 20% Communicate and collaborate with product developers, direct manager and engineering peers to develop the correct solutions Effective project planning and development of expected solutions

Required Skills:

• Has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent training
• Ability to develop software in the required languages and using required 3rd party tools, applications and libraries where needed.
• Ability to learn and apply internal systems and processes for developing and deploying software
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers within the organization

FactSet is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity