Software Engineer/Sr. Software Engineer/ Lead Software Engineer - C++

About FactSet:

FactSet Research Systems Inc. is a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications and industry-leading services for the investment and corporate communities. As a publicly traded company (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) recently added to the S&P 500 index, FactSet delivers superior content, analytics, and flexible technology to help more than 162,000 users see and seize opportunity sooner. For over 40 years, the company has served financial professionals, which include portfolio managers, investment research professionals, investment bankers, risk and performance analysts, wealth advisors and corporate clients.  FactSet gives our clients the edge to outperform with informed insights, workflow solutions across the portfolio lifecycle, and industry-leading support from dedicated specialists.

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Department Brief:
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 news headline / document feeds. 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. 
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

We are looking for a Software Engineer/Lead Software Engineer to head our Real-Time Market Data team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining high-performance data processing systems that drive our market analysis tools. This role requires a deep understanding of financial markets, expertise in real-time data streaming, and strong leadership skills to guide a team of talented engineers.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 

Development, testing and deployment of software to deliver real time financial data contentDevelop and maintain tools/web-apps to operate on huge data content fetched from exchangesWork closely with product development team to release exchange feeds to productionWork independently and deliver in a deadline focused environmentTake up weekly on call responsibilities on a rotational basisManage production releases, bug fixes and respond to outages in a time critical fashion Participate in peer code reviews, maintaining project/operational documentation and help with training/coaching of less experienced team members 

JOB REQUIREMENTS 

3 to 10 years of software development experience in developing C++ applications on LinuxProfessional experience with UNIX / LINUX operating system programming environmentsFamiliarity with basic networking conceptsKnowledge of STL and Boost library is highly desirableShould have working knowledge of Perl, Shell Script, Cloud technologies ( AWS) is highly desirableStrong analytical and problem solving skillsStrong in data structures and algorithmsComfortable working in a real-time, 24/7 production environmentComfortable working with geographically diverse teamExcellent organizational and communication skillsB.Tech/BE/M.Tech/ME in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college/university 

Diversity:

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