Ian Watterson
Lead Software Engineer And Engineering Manager at FactSet
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolIan Watterson is a lead software engineer and engineering manager with 12 years of experience building quantitative applications at FactSet, currently driving AI integration in flagship products used by institutional investors. He pairs deep C++, Python, shell, and SQL expertise with hands-on architecture work across hybrid monolithic and microservice systems, plus stewardship of arbitrary code execution environments tied to proprietary data and APIs. A Purdue graduate in Computational Science & Engineering, Ian blends rigorous technical foundations with practical product delivery in Agile teams, mentoring engineers and shaping roadmaps. His background includes early applied work converting legacy scientific data systems (WEPP) and migrating databases, underscoring a knack for bridging research-grade code and production platforms. Based in San Francisco with roots in the New York area, he’s equally comfortable shipping low-level performance improvements and guiding AI-driven feature strategy for quant-focused users.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science with Focus on Computational Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science with Focus on Computational Science & Engineering at Purdue University
English, FrenchProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
underclocker/Blob-Game
Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:59 commits in 3 months
Wattermann/Roads
Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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