We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer, Market Data Platform to join a mission-critical client project, acting as a bridge between complex business requirements and scalable technical execution. In this role, you will work across a large family of internally developed software solutions supporting market data ingestion, transformation, validation, documentation, and serving. You will operate across Java services, SQL Server–backed workflows, file-based processing, and vendor integrations while helping modernize the platform for the future.

About First Factory

We are a software development company with over two decades of experience, boasting a dynamic team of 175+ professionals actively engaged in diverse projects across various industries. We invite you to join us on this journey as we thrive and embrace fresh challenges.

Main responsibilities

• Lead development across Java services, libraries, utilities, and web applications supporting market data systems.

• Drive improvements to data ingestion, transformation, validation, and serving workflows across Linux file-system-driven pipelines.

• Work with SQL Server schemas, data structures, and operational databases to manage batch jobs, loaders, updaters, and scheduler-driven workflows.

• Integrate third-party market data vendor feeds (including Refinitiv, Bloomberg, Haver, S&P, MSCI) and normalize reference/market data.

• Support market data ingestion and serving to client-facing processes and internal data products.

• Debug complex production issues across code, data, and infrastructure boundaries to protect business-critical data logic.

• Safely refactor legacy systems and build shared framework code used across multiple repositories and product areas.

• Develop and maintain formula engines, rule processing systems, and proprietary DSL-style code.

• Improve automated testing around parsing, calculations, and data correctness.

• Partner with engineering leadership to evolve the platform toward modern data lake architectures and AI integrations.

• Document key systems, processes, and market data serving platforms.

• Monitor industry trends and directions to help modernize platform architecture and technical practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of extensive software engineering experience.

• Strong hands-on Java development background building backend services, libraries, and applications.

• Proficient with SQL Server or relational databases, including writing/refactoring efficient SQL queries and schema design.

• Experience with production backend systems involving databases, file-based processing workflows, and data pipelines.

• Strong debugging, system design, and problem-solving skills across complex production systems.

• Ability to work effectively across multiple repositories and shared framework libraries.

• Excellent analytical thinking, interpersonal, and communication skills with strong technical ownership.

Preferred Skills

• Deep experience with market data platforms and financial datasets (time-series data, constituent/membership sets, vendor data normalization, and point-in-time correctness).

• Familiarity with vendor ecosystems such as Refinitiv, Bloomberg, Haver, FactSet, Markit, or MSCI.

• Experience modernizing legacy Java or database-heavy systems into modern architectures.

• Exposure to data lake architectures, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and orchestration tools like Apache Airflow.

• Exposure to data governance, catalog, and discovery tools (e.g., Apache Polaris, OpenMetadata).

• Experience with formula engines, rule processing, or internal DSLs.

• Experience interfacing with AI platforms as a source or consumer of market data.

• Experience supporting both internal tooling and commercial data products.