Used Tools & Technologies
Not specified
Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Software Development @ 4
Docker @ 4
Kafka @ 3
Kubernetes @ 4
Linux @ 6
Redis @ 3
Python @ 6
Java @ 6
Algorithms @ 4
Data Structures @ 7
Distributed Systems @ 4
Flink @ 3
Communication @ 4
Mathematics @ 4
Performance Optimization @ 4
.NET @ 4
Cassandra @ 3
Agile @ 4
Observability @ 4
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
The Trade Automation & Execution group builds the platforms and services that power modern electronic trading at Bloomberg. The team designs and operates high-performance, distributed, real-time systems used by financial institutions worldwide to execute trades, automate workflows, and make data-driven decisions. Work spans execution management, trading automation, connectivity, and analytics—supporting millions of transactions daily and integrating with thousands of market destinations. The group is re-architecting systems to deliver the next generation of fast, reliable, cloud-ready trading technology.
Responsibilities
- Build and enhance low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems that support real-time trading.
- Design and implement services that power automation, analytics, and execution workflows across asset classes.
- Contribute to cloud-native architectures and scalable, fault-tolerant systems.
- Collaborate with engineers across Bloomberg on observability, system design, integration, and performance optimization.
- Work on execution algorithms, infrastructure optimization for latency and scale, and delivering analytics that empower trading decisions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in backend programming in an object-oriented language (C++, Java, or Python), preferably on UNIX/Linux.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and scalable software design and architecture.
- Experience with distributed systems, multi-threading, or performance-sensitive applications.
- Solid understanding of the full software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience in a real-time, high-volume environment.
- Familiarity with distributed or streaming frameworks such as Kafka, Flink, Redis, or Cassandra.
- Exposure to cloud-native development, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience building stateful or transactional systems with an emphasis on reliability and scalability.
- Experience in system design, testing, and Agile development.
- Proactive mindset, curiosity to learn new domains, and willingness to take ownership of projects end-to-end.
Benefits
- Salary Range: 160000 - 240000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus.
- The Company offers comprehensive benefits which may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) with match, life insurance, and various wellness programs.
Additional Information
- Location: New York.
- Business Area: Engineering and CTO.
- The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.
- Apply: https://bloomberg.avature.net/careers/Login?jobId=16380&source=&tags=&user=&formValues=