Lead Software Engineer - Services Engineering

FactSet • Norwalk, CT

1d • $160,000 - $175,000

About The Position

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 The Institutional Buy Side organization develops and delivers industry-leading tools for portfolio management, quantitative research, risk, performance & attribution, and execution management across the investment lifecycle. Our clients include the world’s largest asset managers, asset owners, and insurance companies. The Services organization focuses on evolving FactSet’s global service delivery model by streamlining operational workflows and improving data quality, transparency, and efficiency. This includes core platforms such as Portfolio Reconciliation Utility, Portfolio Health, Lifecycle Dashboards, and Portfolio Services Dashboards—foundational capabilities that support FactSet’s growing Managed Services and Portfolio Services business. The Services Engineering team builds and operates workflow- and data-intensive platforms that provide transparency into data processing pipelines, ensure data accuracy and completeness, and deliver reliable, presentation-ready outputs at scale. We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Services Engineering team as a senior individual contributor. This role focuses on improving Services efficiency by building scalable platforms and tooling that help automate workflows and scale the Services platform. The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on engineering skills with architectural thinking and the ability to lead through technical influence.

Requirements

• 6–9 years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong hands-on full stack development experience with Python, VueJS/Typescript, PostGres or similar relational database
• Solid foundation in system design and architecture for scalable, production-grade systems
• Experience building or operating data-intensive, workflow-driven, or service-oriented platforms
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing and building chat-based interfaces, agent-driven systems, or conversational workflows
• Experience with C#, NodeJS
• Familiarity with patterns for orchestration, automation, and event-driven systems
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and modern data platforms
• Experience designing tooling to improve operational efficiency
• Experience working in Agile development environments

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve scalable software solutions and tooling to improve operational efficiency and scalability across the Services platform
• Lead technical implementation of automation and tooling initiatives that support growth of managed and operational services
• Contribute hands-on to complex codebases, system integrations, and critical production workflows
• Partner with Product Management, Operations, and other engineering teams to translate business needs into effective technical solutions
• Participate in technical design reviews and help guide architectural decisions to ensure maintainability and long-term scalability
• Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to understand service workflows, constraints, and evolving requirements
• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and best practice sharing
• Help drive engineering excellence around code quality, testing, reliability, and operational best practices

Benefits

• 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 accommodation 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed