Software Engineer 3

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  

Realtime Marketdata Engineering is responsible for integration of all real time or intraday content at FactSet. This includes real time stock exchange feeds as well as real time reference data , OTC and End of the day data. This data is delivered to our clients for use within the FactSet Workstation or other internal applications. Realtime Marketdata Engineering has a global presence across multiple regions. 

What You'll Do
Quotes Content team is responsible for delivering variety of real-time financial content to FactSet's clients. Team develops and maintains backend software in C++ on UNIX which is deployed to a fault- tolerant, redundant infrastructure in order to guarantee timely delivery of real-time data with high degree of accuracy. Below are some of the responsibilities:

• Development, testing and deployment of software to deliver real time financial data content

• Develop and maintain tools/web-apps to operate on huge data content fetched from exchanges

• Work closely with product development team to release exchange feeds to production

• Work independently and deliver in a deadline focused environment

• Take up weekly oncall responsibilities on a rotational basis

• Manage production releases, bug fixes and respond to outages in a time critical fashion 

What We're Looking For

Required Skills:

• B.Tech/BE/M.Tech/ME in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college/university

• 3+ years  of software development experience

• Strong professional experience developing C++ applications on Linux

• Professional experience with UNIX / LINUX operating system programming environments

• Familiarity with basic networking concepts

• Familiarity with basic frontend and backend concepts

• Strong in data structures and algorithms

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of STL and Boost library

• Working knowledge of Perl, Shell Script, Cloud technologies (AWS)

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Comfortable working in a real-time, 24/7 production environment

• Comfortable working with geographically diverse team

• Excellent organizational and communication skills

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 accommodations 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.

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  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.