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Principal Software Architect

FactSet
Norwalk, CT Full Time
POSTED ON 9/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/29/2025
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.

FactSet is hiring a Principal Software Architect in Institutional Buy Side business unit. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the efficient integration of important content across our strategic investments. You will define the over-arching technical strategy for how we integrate content into our products and take a direct and hands-on approach to accelerate at-risk content.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with technical leaders in the Content SBU to define the strategy for integrating important content to power reports, screening, and new fusion dashboards.
  • Take direct ownership and contribute where needed to eliminate bottlenecks in our delivery pipeline and work across the organization where needed to keep deliverables on track.
  • Identify and advocate for changes that improve the technical design and architecture used.
  • Ensure the speed, stability, and scalability of our product offering.
  • Provide regular reporting to Senior Leadership on our status.
  • Lead and advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion within the team.
  • Build teams by hiring, training, and developing talent
  • Understand and aim to grow FactSet culture and retention.

Minimum Requirements

  • 10 years' relevant technical or software engineering experience in the financial services technology space

Critical Skills

  • Knowledge of the financial services eco-system is expected
  • Experience leading diverse partners to a common goal
  • Experience influencing global teams
  • Experience advocating for modern technology delivery methods
  • History and experience building partnerships with Engineering, Product Management, and others

Additional /Desired Skills

  • Occasional travel required

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field 

The budgeted salary range for this position in the states of Connecticut and New York is $220,000.00 - 265,000.00

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 race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. FactSet participates in E-Verify

Salary : $220,000 - $265,000

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