Senior Software Engineer - BQuant Content Services

at Bloomberg

📍 New York City, United States

USD 160,000-240,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

Bloomberg is the global leader in business and financial data, news, and insight. We connect the world’s decision-makers to accurate information on the financial markets. At the heart of this mission is BQuant, a cloud-based platform that enables quantitative analysts and data scientists to build, test, and share research using open-source tools like Python and Jupyter notebooks, fully integrated with the Bloomberg Terminal.

Team

The Content Services team builds mission-critical systems that power how users create, manage, and share content across the BQuant ecosystem. The team sits at the intersection of backend engineering and user experience, designing services that make collaboration and real-time data publishing seamless. The team is expanding in 2026 to scale core infrastructure and launch new external-facing products.

Upcoming Projects

Snapshot Manager: Full-stack suite (Golang, Python, React/TypeScript) managing snapshots stored in internal S3, supporting schedulers and workload APIs.
Public Notebook Sharing: Infrastructure to allow creators to build and share Jupyter projects globally, deploying Golang services and AWS Postgres to enable interfirm sharing.
Real-Time Engagement: Integrating AWS WebSocket gateways to provide live updates to the Snapshot Manager UI.
Compliance & Governance: Early-stage research leveraging Bloomberg’s Vault service for information boundaries and content safety checks.

Responsibilities

Design and implement robust, scalable backend services primarily in Golang.
Collaborate with Product and UX teams to translate complex financial workflows into technical solutions.
Contribute to architectural vision for data modeling and storage strategies.
Present and explain work to peers and senior stakeholders, including the CTO office.
Mentor and guide junior members of the team.

Requirements

4+ years of professional experience in software development.
Strong proficiency in Golang (primary backend language).
Solid understanding of web service fundamentals: REST, authentication, caching, API design.
Collaborative mindset and eagerness to work across a full-stack environment.
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent work experience.

Desired (Nice to Have)

Experience with React and TypeScript or strong desire to learn frontend development.
Experience with data modeling and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).
Proficiency with Python for helper services and internal tooling.
Knowledge of real-time systems (WebSockets, AWS Gateway, pub/sub patterns).
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and distributed storage.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: 160,000 - 240,000 USD annually + benefits + bonus.
Bloomberg describes a comprehensive benefits plan which may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, 401(k) with match, life insurance, and wellness programs. (The company does not provide benefits to contingent workers/contractors and interns.)