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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Position Overview:
FactSet is looking for a Software Engineer I to join our Core Infrastructure organisation. The Core Infrastructure organisation’s mission is to power FactSet and its clients with secure, reliable infrastructure by advancing hybrid cloud, resiliency, and the FactSet.dev Internal Developer Platform.
In this role, you will work with a team of experienced engineers to maintain and scale Tier 0 infrastructure that’s used to host and route requests to hundreds of microservices. You will gain hands-on experience with C++, Python, Linux, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and network protocols.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and test code changes
Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to critical issues
Participate in code reviews
Collaborate with engineers who use our infrastructure and help them solve their problems
Utilise AI tools to streamline workflows and boost productivity
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical degree, or equivalent professional experience
Ability to work a hybrid schedule, working three days per week minimum in our London office
Proficiency with a high-level programming language
Good technical, collaborative, and troubleshooting skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Desired Skills:
Proficiency with C++, Python, and Linux
Exposure to common cloud infrastructure components (AWS preferred)
Exposure to Kubernetes
Previous professional experience in software engineering or a similar field
Strong verbal and written communication skills
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 Science or similar technical degree, or equivalent professional experience
- Ability to work a hybrid schedule, minimum three days per week in London office
- Proficiency with a high-level programming language
- Good technical, collaborative, and troubleshooting skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency with C++, Python, and Linux
- Exposure to AWS (cloud infrastructure)
- Exposure to Kubernetes
- Previous professional experience in software engineering or similar field
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
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.
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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.
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