Software Engineer III

ABOUT FACTSET

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for tens of thousands of investment professionals around the world, providing instant anytime, anywhere access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.  

Founded in 1978 and for over 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 23 offices in 20 countries, employing more than 10,000 people, FactSet has over ~$2.09 Billion in annual revenues and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients, and we’re proud that 90% of clients who use FactSet continue to use it, year after year. FactSet is a leading global provider of financial data, analytics, and models

VALUES THAT DEFINE OUR CULTURE

We are unified by the spirit of going above and beyond for our clients and each other. We look to foster a globally inclusive culture, enabling our people to be themselves at work and to join in, be heard, contribute, and grow. We continually seek to expand our workforce with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. We recognize that our best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time and help us provide the best solutions for our clients around the globe. Our inclusive work environment maximizes our diversity values, engagement, productivity, and ultimately makes FactSet a fun place to work.

DEPARTMENT BRIEF

The Portfolio Services and Benchmarks Group is currently seeking a talented individual to take on a development role within the team.  The team is responsible for the development, enhancement and support of suite of portfolio services products . In this position, the engineer will be participating as an individual contributor, focused on delivering high quality and performant code.

ROLE BRIEF

Analytical Product Engineering is responsible for FactSet’s industry leading Portfolio, Risk, Quantitative, Fixed Income products and Portfolio Services.  Portfolio Services is an integrated suite of services that ensures consistent, accurate, and timely processing of portfolio and security level analytics, accessed through workstation, mobile, and feeds.

These products are used by thousands of Asset Managers around the world every day to assist with investment decisions, analysis of performance, risk management, and the presentation of results.  Analytical Product Engineering’s product space represents a high growth opportunity for FactSet.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop new applications and enhancements to existing Portfolio Service Product

• Maintain and fix bugs in existing Portfolio Service Product applications

• Work with Portfolio Service Product Development to understand project requirements and work with other Analytics Engineers on the technical design of those solutions

• Provide regular project status updates to Team Lead

• Apply best practices to their own work, and propagate this information within the team

• Willingness to work as a member of a team, including participating in peer code reviews and maintaining project and operational documentation

• Collaborate with other engineers and Product Developers in a Scrum Agile environment using Jira and Confluence

• Estimate task sizes and regularly communicate progress in daily standups and biweekly Scrum meetings

• Coordinate with other teams across offices and departments

REQUIRED SKILLS

• 3-6 years of industry experience

• Expertise with C#, Java

• Expertise with object-oriented design principles

• Professional experience working on Linux OS, including Bash scripting, Python, or Perl

• Professional JavaScript experience

• Nice to have experience with JavaScript-based MVC frameworks, especially AngularJS, Vue.Js, or React

• Nice to have experience in front end unit testing frameworks like Jasmine, Jest and e2e testing is required

• Experience building RESTful services

• Ability to articulate and teach development best practices

• Excellent organizational and communication skills

• Ability to set own goals based on shifting priorities for self and others

• Ability to work as part of a geographically diverse team

• Ability to create and review documentation and test plans

• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical people

• B.Tech or M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent.

DIVERSITY

At FactSet, we celebrate diversity of thought, experience, and perspective. We are committed to disrupting bias and a transparent hiring process. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, family status or veteran status. FactSet participates in E-Verify.

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