Senior Software Developer
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:
Bloomberg Valuations (BVAL) is a relatively new team at Bloomberg which produces end-of-day prices for over 2 million Fixed Income securities. In the past few years, we have developed a system of complex models that use Bloomberg¿s vast market and reference data to provide high quality pricing on both liquid and illiquid securities. BVAL pricing gives our clients unprecedented advantages in their portfolio valuation and provides much needed transparency to the markets through our integration with the Bloomberg Terminal.
The BVAL team is composed of a group of experts developing new algorithms in C++ as well as the frameworks to run these algorithms on dedicated hardware (IBM and linux). As a developer in BVAL, you will have the opportunity to participate in the full software life cycle and to drive the long-term future of the product. It¿s an unparalleled opportunity to gain knowledge about complex quantitative models and to learn from fixed income experts.
Qualifications:
- 3 years of software development experience in C/C++
- Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Experience with and/or interest in full software development lifecycle activities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with enhancing and maintaining mission-critical software in a fast-
paced environment
- Exhibit strategic thinking, an aggressive drive, and an aptitude for engineering optimized, fault-tolerant software
- Interest in developing financial applications is a must.
- Knowledge of Fixed Income markets is valued but not required.
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.
