Principal Software Engineer - AI Automation

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

FactSet’s AI & Automation team works to improve productivity of all employees through the use of advanced AI and automation tools, enabling us to focus on higher value work. You will play a significant role in implementing solutions that benefit your colleagues.

Location: Hyderabad

Work Arrangement: Hybrid Setup

What You’ll Do

• Architect groundbreaking agentic workflows tailored to task automation within inhouse and 3rd party licensed software service eco-systems.
• Implement agents within frameworks to automate various repetitive manual tasks and summarize data out of corporate tools in concise human readable form.
• Design insight generation techniques that summarize key highlights from large complex datasets and supports natural language prompts for deep-dive analysis.
• Construct and maintain robust data pipelines capable of processing complex structured and unstructured quantitative and textual data, ensuring high quality inputs for our models.
• Work closely with data scientists and ML engineers to integrate and manage diverse ML and NLP models within production environments effectively.
  
  

Required Skills

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, significantly focused on LLM/AI/ML solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience with multiple LLM Saas providers (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini).
• Demonstrated expertise and managed services within cloud architecture (primarily AWS).
• Proficient in Python/Typescript/Nodejs, with strong skills in API development.
• Knowledge of major database architectures including SQL, NoSQL, and Vector databases.
• Experience with Knowledge Graphs and architecting LLM-powered solutions.
  
  

Desired Skills

• Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging both technical and business audiences alike, and leading cross-functional projects.
• Mentor junior team members
  
  

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.

Company Overview

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.

At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.