Description:
FactSet’s Dealmarkers and Wealth department is looking for a talented senior engineer to work on our Native Application technology stack and drive our Workstation strategy. The Workstation platform and native functionality contained within it serve as a critical delivery mechanism for FactSet's software, supporting the workflows of over 100k financial professionals.
In this role, the ideal candidate will collaborate on how to modernize the Workstation, effectively supporting and evolving it in a way that ensures continued reliability for our growing user base. As our web presence continues to grow, the Workstation will also need to continue blending seamlessly with the web-based strategy that guides FactSet's future. This position will involve leading a small team primarily responsible for projects in C++ or other natively installed languages to support our future installed desktop vision. This role will require close collaboration with the FactSet Web and Mobile product and engineering teams to ensure a consistent strategy for all of our consumption avenues for FactSet's applications. FactSet's Workstation has been the foundation of FactSet's business for over a decade and there is tremendous potential in helping modernize and shape the future of this important product container/delivery mechanism.
Responsibilities:
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Writing, debugging, and profiling multithreaded C++
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Maintain platform infrastructure and native applications leveraged by 100K+ financial professionals
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Ensure reliability and scalability of various critical systems
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Lead a small team of local engineers focused on the future strategy for FactSet's installed application
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Contribute to the modernization of the Workstation by facilitating consumption of native applications outside of Workstation
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Collaborate with peers in the Platform organization to expand our installer capabilities to deliver the Future Workstation container
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Perform code reviews and adhere to best practices
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Think and communicate critically about architecture, design, and best practices.
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Lead and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the team
Minimum Requirements:
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5+ years of C++ or other natively installed languages.
Critical Skills:
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Strong experience level with C++
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Experience writing highly available, scalable, services in a production environment
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Strong communication, technical, analytical, and troubleshooting skills
Preferred/Desirable Skills:
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JavaScript, Rust, and other functional programming experience
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Familiarity with UI frameworks
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Windows programming frameworks
Education:
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
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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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.
