Commodities Software Developer recruitment

The Role

The Bloomberg RD Commodities London team is looking for a self-motivated individual with strong technical skills to join the team in developing exciting new products which lie at the intersection of cutting edge technology and the global financial markets. The team is responsible for a variety of functions in the European power and gas sector along with projects that were successfully integrated from Bloomberg New Energy Finance that include carbon pricing models and wind asset valuation models.

The Commodities team is currently focused on making a large push into the European commodities space, with a small number of significant new projects aimed at the European gas and power space.

Most projects involve developing a client facing UI, C++ services running on UNIX/Linux, and a database layer. These projects are predominantly green field projects and as such the candidate is expected to be comfortable working on all phases of the software development life-cycle (requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, etc.) and be able to offer creative input to help define the product.

Requirements:

-Strong C/C++ programming skills in a UNIX/Linux environment
-Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related experience, or equivalent expertise.
-Demonstrate professional experience of object-oriented design, data structures, systems and applications programming
-An ability to pick up new technologies quickly
-Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
-Strong verbal and written communication skills

Desirable:

-Experience with relational databases.
-Experience with multi-threaded programing.
-Modelling experience would be beneficial.
-Knowledge of the Commodity/Energy space or financial markets in general is a plus but not a necessity but a desire to learn and gain expertise in these areas is a must.

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 310,000 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 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

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