Senior Software Engineer - FY26

Your Team's Impact

his role sits within FactSet’s Cloud and Managed Services(part of Platforms and Environments department within Data Solutions), which is responsible for delivering FactSet Bulk Data feeds to the desired Cloud Platform by Clients.

The C&MS Engineering team is responsible for the development of data pipelines that handle distribution of FactSet Content Data across various cloud platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, AWS S3, Azure Blob and Amazon Redshift.

As part of a new initiative focused on delivering Vectorized Data as part of FactSet Intelligence Platform, the team is expanding its capabilities to support evolving business needs and the increasing demand for vectorized data. We will utilize native AI engines such as Cortex in Snowflake and Genie in Databricks to come up with product lines that help clients leverage the vectorized data into their agentic workflows. 

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Go and SQL) to join the C&MS team in Hyderabad.

You will contribute to building and evolving data delivery systems, with a strong focus on speed, delta processing, system design, and performance.

This role combines data engineering and backend development, with significant exposure to enterprise cloud platforms, large-scale datasets, SQL-heavy workflows, and system reliability challenges.

You will also contribute to the team’s ongoing transition from Perl-based systems to Python, helping modernise the technical stack.

Technical Environment: Go(primary), Python, SQL (high usage), REST APIs, Git, CI/CD pipelines

Cloud Platforms: Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, Azure, AWS

 The team: 5 software engineers based in India, 3 based in US and 2 in UK

What You'll Do

As a Senior Software Engineer with a strong background in data engineering, you will lead and deliver solutions that enable efficient vectorized data management and retrieval across our Snowflake and Databricks platforms. You will also mentor a growing team, collaborate with stakeholders and implement scalable data pipelines optimized for large-scale analytical and AI/ML workloads.

• Contribute end-to-end design, implementation, and optimization of data pipelines for vectorized data storage, transformation, and serving.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (data science, analytics, product) to define data requirements, architecture, and data models optimized for vector data.

• Deliver high-performance data solutions using Databricks (Spark, MLflow, Delta Lake) and Snowflake, leveraging vectorized storage and retrieval mechanisms.

• Develop robust ETL/ELT processes for large datasets, including data ingestion, feature extraction, and index building for vector similarity search.

• Enhance existing data platforms to support vector data workloads, integrating with LLM and other AI/ML services as needed.

• Ensure data governance, security, quality, and compliance with internal and external regulations.

• Mentor and lead other data/software engineers, fostering best practices in software craftsmanship and data engineering.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines and processes for cost and performance.

• Stay on top of emerging technologies in vector databases, cloud data platforms, and AI/ML infrastructure.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in system design for large-scale, distributed systems

• Great proficiency in Python, C#, python, AWS, Snowflake/Databricks and/or Go preferred programming

• Strong experience with cloud-native application development and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

• Hands-on experience with vector data storage, vector databases, and similarity search (e.g., ANN, Faiss, Pinecone, Milvus).

• Hands-on expertise with modern datalake and cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, or similar

• Experience in batch and/or real-time data processing applications

·         Experience integrating data platforms with AI/ML or LLM applications is a strong plus.

• Collaborative track record with cross-functional teams on complex projects

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong pragmatic, iterative approach to problem solving and prototyping

• Experience with DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software development best practices 

• Experience in technical leadership, mentoring, and architecture decision-making

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.