FFR - Lead Software Engineer – Backend & AI/ML & Cloud

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  The team comprises highly motivated engineers and stakeholders who are passionate about extracting targeted insights from diverse document sources and transforming them into high-value data products. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies, the team focuses on building scalable pipelines that efficiently collect, structure, and process large volumes of data. Over time, the team has developed a robust and high-performing data pipeline capable of generating best-in-class structured datasets that power FactSet’s products. Currently, the team is advancing this ecosystem by driving end-to-end automation across multiple stages of the pipeline. This includes the development of an event-driven, GenAI-centric, agent-based infrastructure aimed at enhancing efficiency, scalability, and innovation in data processing workflows. SUB-PROCESS BRIEF   Leads development strategies, architecture designs, data management, and code flow analysis necessary for the software development life cycle. Works closely with different groups/teams to ensure engineering team delivers on precision/correctness, performance, and scalability across our distributed computational framework. What You'll Do:- AI/ML & LLM Expertise: Design, fine-tune, and deploy small and open-source large language models (LLMs) such as Llama, Mistral, OpenAI GPT, etc. Hands-on leadership in prompt engineering, few-shot prompting, and building advanced NLP/NLU workflows. Guide adoption of modern AI/ML frameworks (Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LangGraph, etc.) and architect reusable pipelines in Python. Python & API Development: Drive critical systems architecture in Python, using best practices in API and microservices design (FastAPI, Flask, Django, etc.). Cloud Deployment (AWS/Azure/GCP): Architect, deploy, and scale robust, production-grade ML/AI solutions on cloud (AWS strongly preferred), leveraging cloud-native tools (Lambda, S3, ECS/ECR/Fargate, etc.), serverless, and IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform). Champion DevOps best practices, automation, containerization (Docker/K8s), CI/CD, and operational monitoring. Technical Leadership: Mentor engineers, lead by example, drive system architecture reviews and code standards, and ensure high-quality technical delivery across teams. Act as the technical point of contact for…