Senior Software Engineer - IB Content Curation

Bloomberg • New York, NY

37d • $160,000 - $240,000

About The Position

Our mission is to redefine how professionals engage with their most important communications-cutting through noise with intelligent context, effortless access, and powerful discovery. We envision a future where every message is surfaced with clarity and purpose, enabling faster decisions and deeper understanding. Our current Product focus is the Instant Bloomberg (IB) Feed, a real-time aggregation view across messages in chatrooms, allowing our clients to engage with various conversations simultaneously, with customizable filtering and integrations with other IB workflows. This is a feature actively used by the majority of users across the Bloomberg Terminal. We're actively working on re-architecting the IB Feed to support future Product innovations. The core architecture is powered by open-source technologies such as Apache Kafka, Solr and Cassandra , in conjunction with a lightweight UI application layer. This is a full-stack effort with many opportunities to drive impactful technical decisions. We also seek to improve Feed usability to deliver a streamlined, intuitive experience that enables clients to effortlessly tailor the Feed to their specific workflows. By extending IB's content discovery offerings with new features, we aim to provide clients a seamless, cross-platform experience by integrating our solution with Mobile and Web clients, as well as other Terminal applications. By joining the team, you will have opportunities to work on the instant messaging application used by every financial professional and make an impact on a cornerstone product in the Bloomberg Terminal Ecosystem. What's in it for you: This is a rare opportunity to work on an impactful project where we reimagine one of the flagship Product offerings of Instant Bloomberg (IB). You will get to work with and deepen your expertise in open-source technologies such as Apache Solr and Kafka. Be at the forefront of making important technical decisions in re-archiecting a critical Product. Opportunities to drive Product innovations and develop a client-centric mindset. You will get to be on the ground floor of building an inclusive team and culture.

Requirements

• 4+ years working experience with Java, C++ and TypeScript
• A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience.
• High degree of collaboration within the team and with our stakeholders
• Experience in distributed systems and architecture design

Nice To Haves

• Experience with search technologies, notably Apache Solr or ElasticSearch
• Experience with building real-time messaging streaming, notably Apache Kafka
• A strong sense of ownership and a passion to build user-centered products
• A desire to continuously grow as an individual and together with the team (architecture, testing, learning, developer experience)

Benefits

• paid holidays
• paid time off
• medical
• dental
• vision
• short and long term disability benefits
• 401(k) +match
• life insurance
• various wellness programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees