C/C++ Developer – FX Electronic Trading recruitment

The Company:

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

The Role:

The FX Electronic Trading team is seeking a software developer with an excellent knowledge of C/C++. The successful candidate will be driven by solving business problems, take ownership of aspects of the platform, and be involved in the full software development life cycle from the design phase to supporting production issues that may arise. You will be team-focused, a clear communicator and ready to take on and deliver challenges in a fast-paced environment. Bloomberg has become one of the major forces in the FX market with a rapidly growing bank-to-customer trading platform which is part of the Bloomberg Professional Service. The team is responsible for building and maintaining the entire suite of FX Trading applications including a 24 hour low latency multi-bank streaming application, an order management system, auction trading and pre/post trade functionality.

Requirements:

* 3 Solid years of C/C++ development experience is essential, with experience in the full software development life cycle
* Working knowledge of UNIX
* Experience of relational databases

Other desirable skills:

* Unix or perl scripting
* Knowledge of the Financial Information Exchange (FIX) Protocol
* Experience of multithreaded low latency systems

Bloomberg is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other classification protected by law.