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.
At FactSet, our values are the foundation of everything we do. They express how we act and operate, serve as a compass in our decision-making, and play a big role in how we treat each other, our clients, and our communities. We believe that the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time, and that curiosity is the key to anticipating our clients’ needs and exceeding their expectations.
Your Team's Impact
The News Distribution team at FactSet builds and maintains the backend infrastructure that supports news search, alerting, and distribution. We own the client-facing news APIs and the services behind them, which are designed for high availability, high throughput, and low latency. The team is actively integrating generative AI and semantic search into our platform. As a Software Engineer 2, you will contribute to these systems and gain exposure to a broad range of backend engineering challenges at scale. This is a hybrid position based in New York, with 3 days per week onsite.
What You'll Do
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that support news search, alerting, and distribution.
Build and optimize data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and indexing large volumes of news content.
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues to maintain the reliability and performance of our services.
Collaborate with the team to integrate generative AI and semantic search capabilities into existing systems.
Write and maintain tests, documentation, and monitoring to support operational excellence.
What We're Looking For
Education
BS or MS degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
Required Skills
Experience programming with C++ or another OOP language (Java, C#, etc.)
Desire to both design and implement reliable and superior software
Desired Skills
Thorough understanding of C/C++ generic programming skills, including STL, boost
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
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 accommodation 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.
Salary is just one component of our compensation package and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and certifications.
The budgeted salary range for this position in the state of New York is $105,000.00 - 110,000.00.
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 race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. FactSet participates in E-Verify
Top Skills
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.
