Job Description

Role: Software Engineer - C++

About FactSet
FactSet is a leader in providing research and analytical tools to finance professionals. FactSet offers instant access to accurate financial data and analytics around the world. FactSet clients combine hundreds of databases from industry-leading suppliers into a single powerful information system.

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PROCESS BRIEF:
Content 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. Platform Engineering has a global presence across seven FactSet offices.

SUB-PROCESS BRIEF:
Quotes Caching team is responsible for delivering variety of real-time financial content to FactSet\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Development, testing and deployment of software to deliver real time financial data content
• Develop and maintain tools to operate on huge data content fetched from exchanges.
• Work closely with product development team to release exchange feeds to production.
• Work on common changes for geographically diverse regions of Quotes Team
• 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.
• Participate in peer code reviews, maintaining project/operational documentation and help with training/coaching of less experienced team members.

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  1-4 years of software development experience
• Strong professional experience developing C++ applications on Linux
• Professional experience with UNIX / LINUX operating system programming environments
• Willingness to handle Weekly Oncall and Mandatory Tests including Weekends on rotational basis.
• Familiarity with basic networking concepts
• Knowledge of STL and Boost library is highly desirable
• Working knowledge of Python, Perl, Shell Script, Cloud technologies (AWS) is highly desirable.
• Strong in data structures and algorithms
• Comfortable working in a real-time, 24/7 production environment
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• B.Tech/BE/M.Tech/ME in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college/university