Senior Software Engineer - Connectivity Gateway

USD 160,000-240,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

Tech Stack
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Details

AI may be the brain — but connectivity is still the nervous system. No matter how intelligent systems become, they can’t do much if they can’t communicate. The Connectivity Gateway team is building a high-performance, multi-protocol proxy platform that powers Bloomberg’s digital edge, handling client connectivity, service-to-service traffic, orchestration workflows, and evolving infrastructure demands.

At the center of the platform is Envoy, a modern, extensible open-source proxy core being evolved for Bloomberg-scale performance, observability, resiliency, and operational safety. The team is also developing new coordination and communication patterns to support increasingly intelligent, adaptive, and event-aware workloads while maintaining reliability, security, and low latency.

Responsibilities

Design advanced proxy capabilities, including protocol negotiation, traffic shaping, service discovery, routing strategies, and observability enhancements.
Scale Archon, the unified Envoy-based proxy platform, across business-critical systems and traffic flows.
Evolve the platform to support emerging integration and orchestration patterns, including adaptive and autonomous workload coordination.
Work on performance engineering, low-latency systems, telemetry, and operational resiliency.
Collaborate with infrastructure and security engineering teams to improve reliability, safety, and visibility.
Build high-quality software and services for the proxy platform and supporting infrastructure, focusing on scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Own projects from design through production rollout.
Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to drive initiatives to successful outcomes.
Investigate and solve complex infrastructure, networking, and systems-management challenges.
Mentor and support less-experienced engineers.

Requirements

4+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in distributed systems, networking, or performance-critical infrastructure.
Experience with one or more systems programming or backend languages, such as C, C++, Go, Java, or Python.
Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across application code, Linux systems, infrastructure, and networking.
Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Envoy or modern proxy/gateway technologies.
Familiarity with infrastructure management and networking fundamentals.
Track record of building reliable systems where correctness, latency, and operability matter.
Familiarity with front-end technologies such as React for building operational tools.

Benefits

Benefits may include merit increases, incentive compensation for exempt roles, paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability benefits, 401(k) match, life insurance, and wellness programs.