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:
We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our team focused on enhancing FactSet's internal developer portal, built using the open-source project Backstage. This portal serves as a comprehensive inventory of all software assets at FactSet, complete with metadata, technical documentation, and plugins to support strategic initiatives. It plays a vital role in streamlining development processes, automating workflows, improving discoverability, and providing guided setups for developers to adhere to best practices, ensuring applications meet standards and compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain features of the developer portal using JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and ReactJS, enhancing its functionality and user experience
Customize and extend Backstage components to support FactSet's strategic initiatives, automating developer workflows
Integrate development tools and services into the portal to facilitate streamlined processes and efficient application development
Build scaffolding, scorecards, and management interfaces in Backstage to streamline and standardize CI/CD pipeline management
Integrate GenAI capabilities into Backstage to automate tasks and improve developer productivity
Ensure the scalability and reliability of the Backstage platform to support a growing number of services and users
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure Backstage functionalities align with organizational goals and enable developers to meet compliance standards
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience
1-2 years of professional experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, and NodeJS for web application development
Experience with at least one web framework, mainly ReactJS
Familiarity with Git, testing frameworks like Jest, and CI/CD tools to streamline development processes and deployments
Excellent communication skills to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders
Desired Skills:
Experience with Backstage, including plugin development and customization
Experience working with or contributing to open-source projects
Experience working with a governed or managed CI/CD system
Experience with integrating GenAI into software applications
Join our team and contribute to the advancement of FactSet's developer infrastructure through innovative solutions. Apply today to be part of a dynamic environment fostering excellence and growth!
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, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience
- 1-2 years of professional experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, and NodeJS for web application development
- Experience with at least one web framework, mainly ReactJS
- Familiarity with Git, testing frameworks like Jest, and CI/CD tools to streamline development processes and deployments
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders
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.
