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FactSet

Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI

FactSet

. Design, develop, test, and deploy production-grade LLM and agentic applications .

Posted 10/26/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $180,000 - $235,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and deploying AI-driven applications, particularly with LLMs and agentic technologies. Proficient in establishing development standards, mentoring engineers, and navigating the complexities of AI-assisted workflows.

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LLM DevelopmentAgentic TechnologiesAI Coding AssistantsSoftware ArchitectureMentoring Engineers

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Hard Skills
Prompt EngineeringFunction/Tool CallingAgent Orchestration FrameworksModel EvaluationFine-TuningLatency OptimizationCost OptimizationEvaluation ApproachesAI Development StandardsCI/CD Best Practices
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationMentoringFeedback Reception
Tools & Technologies
Claude CodeCloud PlatformsContainerizationMLOpsLLMOps
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Industry Keywords
Financial DataAnalyticsInvestment WorkflowsAI-Driven Development LifecycleResponsible AI Tooling

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, develop, test, and deploy production-grade LLM and agentic applications
  • Build multi-step agents, tool-calling systems, retrieval-augmented generation, and workflow orchestration
  • Deliver stable, high-quality features following testing, CI/CD, and operational-readiness best practices
  • Build and maintain evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and monitoring for AI-driven features
  • Prototype emerging approaches and harden successful solutions for production
  • Use AI coding assistants and agentic workflows while maintaining quality, security, and maintainability
  • Lead code and design reviews, including evaluation of AI-generated code
  • Mentor engineers on applied AI patterns, agent design, prompting, task decomposition, and output verification
  • Define and evolve standards for AI-assisted development, code review, testing, security, and responsible AI tooling
  • Track advances in LLMs, agent frameworks, and developer tooling and translate them into team practices
  • Partner with product managers, designers, architects, managers, and engineering peers on solution definition and scope
  • Plan and drive projects while communicating tradeoffs, risks, and progress
  • Respond to bugs, incidents, and feature requests
  • Diagnose AI-specific issues such as non-deterministic behavior, hallucinations, model regressions, and prompt or tool failures
  • Lead architecture discussions and brainstorming for new features and platform capabilities
  • Evaluate and introduce AI-enabled development tools and workflows
  • Develop proficiency in FactSet products and data and contribute to AI strategy

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or relevant
  • 8-10+ years of experience developing, testing, and deploying high-quality, stable software
  • Hands-on experience building and deploying applications using LLMs and agentic technologies, including prompt engineering, RAG, function/tool calling, agent orchestration frameworks, and MCP or similar protocols
  • Familiarity with AI coding assistants such as Claude Code
  • Strong grasp of the modern AI-driven development lifecycle, including planning, implementation, review, testing, and deployment with AI agents
  • Strong software architecture and design skills
  • Experience designing evaluation approaches for non-deterministic systems
  • Demonstrated ability to give and receive code review feedback
  • Proven ability to mentor and coach engineers on AI coding assistants
  • Ability to establish AI development standards and guardrails
  • Ability to articulate FactSet’s business, client base, and broader business context
  • Experience with financial data, analytics, or investment workflows
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerization, and modern MLOps/LLMOps practices
  • Experience with model evaluation, fine-tuning, or latency and cost optimization
  • Experience building custom tooling for AI-assisted development
  • Contributions to AI developer tooling, internal platforms, or open-source projects
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Track record of mentoring engineers and raising team standards

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health, life, and disability insurance
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Discounted employee stock purchase program
  • Paid time off for holidays
  • Family leave
  • Flexible “moments that matter” days
  • Flexible work accommodations
  • Volunteerism and sustainability community
  • Career progression planning
  • Dedicated time each month for learning and development
  • Business Resource Groups open to all employees