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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Join FactSet’s Symbology team, where we build and maintain low-latency, high-throughput systems that power essential financial data solutions. Our infrastructure handles vast volumes low latency resolutions, and we rely on solid engineering practices and modern C++ to ensure reliability, consistency, and speed.
As a key member of our collaborative team, you’ll work on scalable architectures and efficient pipelines, participating in projects that have a direct impact on how financial data is processed, integrated, and served to clients worldwide.
What You’ll Do:
Architect, develop, and maintain C++ systems powering Symbology and company-wide resolution.
Design and optimize high throughput and low latency service oriented systems on an enterprise wide scale.
Build scalable APIs and interfaces and integration layers for internal and external clients.
Participate in technical design and code reviews for continuous improvement and reliability.
Monitor, troubleshoot, debug, and refine production environments to guarantee the quality and stability a T0 service offering by Symbology services.
Champion best practices, mentor junior team members, and foster technical excellence in Symbology.
Opportunity to progress towards future leadership roles, including technical and team lead responsibilities.
What We’re Looking For:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
5+ years of experience programming in C++, with a good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
Experience designing and implementing critical, distributed, scalable enterprise systems.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Effective written and verbal communication for collaborating in a team environment.
Self-starter that is willing to learn and adapt in a fast-paced setting and depth of industry knowledge
Exposure to CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) or automation tools.
Nice to Have:
Experience with additional programming languages (Perl/Python/Shell)
Knowledge of relational databases (MSSQL / MYSQL)
Experience with Perforce for code versioning
Knowledge of infrastructure management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
Understanding of financial data concepts or symbol resolution at scale for financial instruments (helpful, not required).
Why Symbology?
You’ll join a supportive and innovative team, working on impactful systems that operate at scale and speed.
Sharpen your C++ engineering skills, tackle engaging technical challenges, and help advance FactSet’s reputation as a leader in financial data technology.
Ready to make your mark? Apply today to be part of the Symbology team and help shape the future of financial data engineering.
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
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 5+ years programming in C++ with strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
- Experience designing and implementing critical, distributed, scalable enterprise systems.
- Exposure to CI/CD workflows or automation tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication for team collaboration.
- Self-starter, willing to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with additional programming languages (Perl, Python, Shell).
- Knowledge of relational databases (MSSQL, MySQL).
- Experience with Perforce for code versioning.
- Knowledge of infrastructure management tools (Ansible, Terraform).
- Understanding of financial data concepts or symbol resolution at scale.
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.
