Senior Software Engineer - Fixed Income and Derivatives
Description & Requirements
Bloomberg is the global leader in financial data and analytics. The Fixed Income and Derivatives Engineering team produces applications and tools that enable our clients to generate trade ideas, structure deals, connect to electronic trading platforms, capture market movements, and assess and hedge portfolio risk for a variety of financial instruments across fixed income and derivatives asset classes.
While building innovative technology is at the core of what we do, our group also develops sophisticated solutions for ever-evolving financial markets. We work directly with product managers, financial engineers, and quantitative analysts to understand client and market needs. We use cutting edge big data technologies, distributed computing, functional programming and machine learning to build software solutions that help us implement complex financial and quantitative models to facilitate pricing and analytics in real-time.
What’s in it for you?
As a member of the Fixed Income and Derivatives Engineering team, you'll contribute to a high-performance financial software system that handles billions of calculations per day. You'll gain hands-on experience in data analytics, distributed algorithms, and performance optimized code, all while gaining an advanced knowledge of financial instruments and markets. We seek passionate engineers who thrive in a diverse, collaborative environment and excel at crafting reusable, efficient solutions to complex problems. Proficiency in object-oriented programming languages like C++, Python, or TypeScript is greatly desired, with a willingness to learn new technologies. You will also have the opportunity to leverage open-source tools like Apache Kafka, Spark, Cassandra and Redis (plus many more!) to design, develop, and implement full-stack solutions, adhering to industry best practices for software development, testing, automation, and CI/CD.
You'll need to have:
4+ years working with an object-oriented programming language (C/C++, Python, Java, etc.)
A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience
Proficiency in system design, architecture, and development of high-quality, modular, stable, and scalable software
Passion for leading discussions, sharing innovative ideas, and promoting best practices within the team
Proficient in adapting project execution to meet evolving demands
We'd love to see:
Experience with other programming languages such as Javascript, Scala, and OCaml
An interest in financial markets or a background in data analytics or financial engineering
Experience with high volume, high availability distributed systems
We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that 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) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.
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Equal Opportunity
Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in employment. It is Bloomberg’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, and the Company is committed to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified individuals without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, self-identified or perceived sex, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law (each, a “Protected Characteristic”). Bloomberg prohibits treating applicants or employees less favorably in connection with the terms and conditions of employment, in all phases of the employment process, because of one or more Protected Characteristics.
How to Get Hired at Bloomberg
- Apply through bloomberg.avature.net/careers — Bloomberg's Avature-powered career portal. Review job descriptions carefully and tailor each application to the specific team and role, since Bloomberg's Talent Acquisition team reviews every application personally.
- Bloomberg's hiring process typically takes 3 to 7 weeks for engineering roles and averages 23 days overall. Expect: application, assessments (role-dependent), recruiter screen, technical phone screen (engineering), and 3-4 on-site interview rounds.
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