Internal Posting - Senior Software Engineer - DSE - Entity Intelligence and Deep Sector

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our document processing team(Carbon) in India, which is responsible parsing, extraction and enrichment of financial documents used at FactSet at scale, and expose wrappers, API's and AI empowered solutions for data collection teams and clients.

The team currently handles millions of documents of different types, and serves as one of the foundations teams for data collection at FactSet.

The team: 5 software engineers based out of Hyderabad and Paris

Technical stack: Python, AWS, AI-assisted coding experience

What You'll Do

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• FactSet is seeking for a software engineer with proficiency in Python to work on Carbon products dealing with high scalability, performance, resilience, and cost-effective solutions. 

• Ownership on end-end product development & deployment deliverables. 

• Making strong technical contributions to projects with a focus on new enhancements, stability, and performance.

• Strategically explore open-source opportunities to improve our workflows. 

• Collaborate with Content stakeholders to understand and prioritize their requirements. 

• Ensure adherence to Agile Methodology by working with Coaches, Scrum master’s and Product Owners 

• Performance Improvements with the help of metrics provided by automatic monitoring all engineering artifacts

• Supporting On Call during India business hours on a rotation basis, as well as out of hours in the event of escalations for product areas you lead

• Actively participating in code reviews, technical discussions and stakeholders’ meetings

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering and suggest process improvements to enhance system performance and reliability.

• Being self-driven, working closely with the team lead, and taking responsibility for independent project execution

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Work allocation:

• Responsible for planning and performing all assigned jobs in an efficient manner without guidance

• Successfully completes multi-step projects with less-well-defined problem definitions

• Leads distinct engineering projects independently

• Contributes in a technical design capacity within their project area

• Acts as a resource to others; collaborates effectively with other engineers and cross-functional teammates

• Communicates effectively with project stakeholders

What We're Looking For

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in software development with a focus on data pipelines and web services

• Strong knowledge of Python and working experience of AWS

• Experience in AI-assisted coding

Desired Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

• Solid track record of designing and building robust software solutions

• Strong technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills

• Familiarity with RESTful API design and development

•  Strong communication, organization, and interpersonal skills

• Ability to articulate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences

• The ability to tune database queries and workloads for improving performance and scale will be highly desired

• Ability to onboard and apply internal systems and processes for developing and deploying robust software​ solutions

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.